Table 4.

Correlation between Body Mass Index and HOMA-IR with various parameters studied

		Body Mass Index		HOMA-IR
Variable	n	Correlation coefficient	p-value	Correlation coefficient	p-value
Age (years)††	96	0.62	0.000	0.29	0.005
FPG (mmol/L)†	96	0.02	0.80	0.24	0.02
2-h G (mmol/L)†	93	0.13	0.22	0.20	0.06
FI (uU/mL)††	96	0.34	0.000	0.98	0.00
TC (mmol/L)†	88	-0.003	0.98	0.17	0.12
TG (mmol/L)††	88	0.16	0.14	0.38	0.000
BMI (kg/m2)††	96	-	-	0.33	0.001
HOMA-IR††	96	0.33	0.001	-	-

^†Correlation examined using Pearson correlation,

^††Correlation examined using Spearman correlation; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; 2-h G, plasma glucose two hours post the glucose load during the oral glucose tolerance test; FI, fasting insulin level; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; BMI, Body Mass Index; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance.