Table 3.

Correlation between acrophase of TAP and metabolic parameters.

	n	r	P (1)	P(2)	Β (1)	SEM(1)	P (1)	Β (3)	SEM(3)	P(3)
Serum cholesterol (mg/dl)	73	0.311	0.007	0.008	0.043	0.016	0.007	0.040	0.016	0.016
Serum triglycerides (mg/dl)	73	0.313	0.008	0.001	0.074	0.027	0.008	0.090	0.025	0.001
Saliva insulin (µUI/mL)	125	0.242	0.007	0.001	0.195	0.071	0.007	0.179	0.077	0.021
Saliva glucose (mg/dl)	126	0.250	0.005	0.002	0.472	0.166	0.005	0.383	0.176	0.032
BMI (kg/m2)	424	0.099	0.041		0.578	0.282	0.041	0.368	0.178	0.041#
Body fat of girls (%)*	174	0.168	0.027	0.238	1.748	0.784	0.027	− 0.434	0.308	0.161

(1) Pearson’s correlation test; (2) Adjusted by BMI. (3) Adjusted by BMI and total energy intake.

*Boys did not show significant differences. Biomarkers in saliva and serum were log-transformed in base 10.

^#Adjusted by total energy intake.