TABLE 2.

Clinically relevant correlates of myostatin mRNA expression. A selection of subject characteristics recorded in GSE18732 is shown, summarized by Spearman's rho. Experimental groups analyzed separately (normal glucose tolerance, CON; impaired glucose tolerance IR; type 2 diabetic, T2DM), as well as the entire cohort (ALL)

Variable	ALL	CON	IR	T2DM
Age	−0.17	−0.31*	−0.16	−0.03
BMI	0.29*	0.30*	0.50*	0.12
Glucose, baseline	0.11	0.17	0.13	0.05
HbA1c	0.02	−0.05	0.00	−0.08
HOMA1 IR	0.35*	0.33*	0.71*	0.33*
HOMA2 IR	0.41*	0.33*	0.74*	0.39*
Insulin, baseline	0.39*	0.32*	0.72*	0.34*
Total Fat Mass	0.22*	0.30*	0.38	−0.02
Total Lean Mass	0.25*	0.22	0.49*	0.09
Weight	0.29*	0.32*	0.55*	0.06

^* p < .05.