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. 2017 Sep 14;9(3):505–511. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12720

Table 3.

Relationships between tissue fat content and clinical or oral glucose tolerance test‐based parameters

PFC HFC IMCL VF SCF
r P r P r P r P r P
Age 0.590 0.001 0.399 0.029 0.014 0.941 0.613 <0.001 0.030 0.873
BMI 0.501 0.005 0.527 0.003 0.191 0.311 0.606 <0.001 0.549 0.002
Sex −0.392 0.032 −0.579 0.001 0.026 0.892 −0.484 0.007 0.037 0.846
FPG 0.489 0.006 0.466 0.009 −0.036 0.850 0.298 0.110 −0.017 0.929
F‐IRI 0.520 0.003 0.361 0.050 0.050 0.792 0.481 0.007 0.223 0.237
Serum TG 0.439 0.015 0.345 0.062 −0.066 0.730 0.523 0.003 0.204 0.279
Serum FFAs −0.036 0.849 −0.076 0.690 0.153 0.419 −0.085 0.654 −0.106 0.578
HOMA‐β 0.074 0.696 0.076 0.690 0.073 0.700 0.231 0.220 0.167 0.378
Insulinogenic index 0.145 0.446 −0.123 0.517 −0.192 0.308 0.037 0.845 0.068 0.721
AUCins120 0.332 0.073 0.342 0.064 0.033 0.862 0.337 0.068 0.396 0.030
AUCins/glu120 0.203 0.282 0.173 0.360 0.036 0.850 0.200 0.290 0.397 0.030
HOMA‐IR 0.619 <0.001 0.483 0.007 0.034 0.858 0.558 0.001 0.282 0.131
Composite index −0.433 0.017 −0.416 0.022 −0.059 0.755 −0.388 0.034 −0.197 0.296
Oral DI −0.403 0.027 −0.435 0.016 0.018 0.925 −0.347 0.060 0.184 0.330

AUCglu120, area under the glucose concentration curve; AUCins120, area under the insulin concentration curve; BMI, body mass index; DI, disposition index; FFAs, free fatty acids; F‐IRI, fasting serum insulin concentration; FPG, fasting plasma glucose concentration; HFC, hepatic fat content; HOMA‐β, homeostasis model assessment of β‐cell function; HOMA‐IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; IMCL, intramyocellular lipid content; PFC, pancreatic fat content; SCF, subcutaneous fat area; TG, triglyceride; VF, visceral fat area.