Table 4.

Spearman correlations between white matter densities and metabolic variables in normal weight and morbidly obese participants (preoperative)

	Left Cerebellum	Right inferior Occipital	Left Inferior Frontal	Left Medial Frontal	Right Medial Frontal
Age (years)	.256*
BMI	−.251*	−.268*	−.322**	−.439***	−.320**
Waist Circumference (cm)				−.280*
Fat percent	−.300**	−.307**	−.294*	−.467***	−.324**
Systolic blood pressure		−.242*
Subcutaneous fat mass (kg)	−.299*			−.366**	−.284*
Visceral fat mass (kg)	−.384**			−.462**	−.317*
diastolic blood pressure
HbA1c (%)				−.325*
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	−.276*	−.321*		−.326**
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	−.293*			−.297*
HDL (mmol/l)			.270*	.318**
LDL (mmol/l)
HDL/Kol ratio (%)
sensitive CRP (mg/l)	−.264*		−.313*	−.345**
Thyroid stimulating hormone (mU/l)
Beck depression inventory II

Only statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05) are shown. * p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.