Table 4.

Univariate (a) and partial (b) correlations of perirenal fat thickness in the study population (presurgery)

(a)	Perirenal fat
	ρ	P
Age	0.136	0.026
Waist circumference	0.468	0.000
BMI	0.396	0.000
Systolic blood pressure	0.230	0.000
Insulinemia	0.270	0.000
HOMA‐IR	0.313	0.000
Glycated hemoglobin	0.378	0.000
Creatinine	0.261	0.000

(b)
Perirenal fat thickness confounders	SBP		Creatinine
	ρ	P	ρ	P
Age	0.216	0.001	0.195	0.003
Gender	0.153	0.019	0.039	0.552
BMI	0.186	0.004	0.265	<0.001
HOMA‐IR	0.188	0.005	0.240	<0.001

SBP, systolic blood pressure.

Significance set at P < 0.05.