Table 2.
Partial correlations between serum L-carnitine, TMAO levels with components of MS in females and males.
| Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r1(P) | r2(P) | r1(P) | r3(P) | |
| L-CARNITINE (μmol/L) | ||||
| Weight | 0.019(0.652) | 0.001(0.987) | 0.197(0.000) | 0.186(0.000) |
| BMI | 0.062(0.152) | 0.024(0.588) | 0.225(0.000) | 0.178(0.000) |
| Waist circumference | 0.065(0.135) | 0.007(0.866) | 0.224(0.000) | 0.134(0.002) |
| Hip circumference | 0.081(0.060) | 0.032(0.466) | 0.239(0.000) | 0.171(0.000) |
| Waist/hip ratio | 0.009(0.828) | −0.031(0.473) | 0.086(0.044) | 0.005(0.903) |
| Systolic BP | 0.071 (0.100) | 0.041(0.351) | 0.111(0.010) | 0.039(0.374) |
| Diastolic BP | 0.029 (0.501) | −0.017(0.697) | 0.089(0.038) | 0.036(0.407) |
| Serum TG | 0.179 (0.000) | 0.139(0.001) | 0.122 (0.004) | 0.039(0.369) |
| Serum TC | 0.100 (0.020) | 0.068(0.119) | 0.193 (0.000) | 0.091(0.036) |
| Serum HDL-c | −0.013 (0.759) | −0.007(0.878) | −0.038(0.375) | 0.028(0.523) |
| Serum LDL-c | 0.038 (0.386) | 0.015(0.736) | 0.176 (0.000) | 0.059(0.171) |
| Atherogenic index (AI) | 0.057 (0.190) | 0.022(0.614) | 0.139 (0.001) | −0.029(0.498) |
| Serum glucose | 0.046 (0.291) | −0.022(0.614) | 0.221 (0.000) | 0.094(0.030) |
| Serum insulin | 0.159 (0.000) | 0.111(0.011) | 0.155 (0.000) | 0.137(0.002) |
| HOMA-IR | 0.157 (0.000) | 0.101(0.020) | 0.185 (0.000) | 0.143(0.001) |
| HOMA-β | 0.147(0.001) | 0.081(0.065) | 0.216(0.000) | 0.134(0.002) |
| QUICKI | −0.161 (0.000) | −0.104(0.017) | −0.185 (0.000) | −0.147(0.001) |
| TMAO (μmol/L) | ||||
| Weight | −0.050(0.247) | −0.056(0.202) | 0.052(0.229) | 0.032(0.456) |
| BMI | −0.033(0.453) | −0.065(0.136) | 0.033(0.447) | −0.012(0.779) |
| Waist circumference | 0.003(0.951) | −0.052(0.230) | 0.067(0.121) | −0.009(0.827) |
| Hip circumference | 0.011(0.798) | −0.031(0.471) | 0.054(0.213) | −0.003(0.945) |
| Waist/hip ratio | −0.005(0.916) | −0.053(0.224) | 0.045(0.298) | −0.020(0.652) |
| Systolic BP | 0.091 (0.034) | 0.055(0.206) | −0.004 (0.926) | −0.060(0.167) |
| Diastolic BP | 0.067 (0.123) | 0.016(0.719) | 0.010 (0.817) | −0.014(0.745) |
| Serum TG | 0.009 (0.828) | −0.012(0.778) | 0.093 (0.031) | 0.037(0.397) |
| Serum TC | 0.036 (0.404) | 0.018(0.680) | 0.146 (0.001) | 0.070(0.105) |
| Serum HDL-c | 0.100 (0.020) | 0.076(0.082) | 0.021 (0.632) | 0.052(0.228) |
| Serum LDL-c | 0.019 (0.669) | 0.012(0.777) | 0.144 (0.001) | 0.070(0.107) |
| Atherogenic index (AI) | −0.059 (0.176) | −0.055(0.207) | 0.068 (0.115) | −0.002(0.955) |
| Serum glucose | 0.101 (0.019) | 0.000(0.994) | 0.099 (0.021) | 0.018(0.683) |
| Serum insulin | 0.052 (0.232) | 0.039(0.373) | 0.056 (0.189) | 0.063(0.147) |
| HOMA-IR | 0.067 (0.121) | 0.037(0.397) | 0.071 (0.098) | 0.061(0.162) |
| HOMA-β | 0.078(0.073) | 0.022(0.621) | 0.090(0.036) | 0.049(0.254) |
| QUICKI | −0.053 (0.220) | −0.022(0.611) | −0.067 (0.117) | −0.060(0.165) |
r1: correlation coefficient; r2: controlled for age, total calorie intake, physical activity level, medicine status, alcohol intake, smoking status; r3 controlled for age, total calorie intake, physical activity level, medicine status, alcohol intake, smoking status and menopausal staus; Statistical significance was set to p < 0.05.