Table 2.

Correlations between atherogenic and adiposity indices and patients baseline characteristics.

Variable	Correlation Coefficient, Significance Level	AIP	CRR	TyG	VAI Women	VAI Men
Weight (kg)	r	−0.03	−0.01	−0.03	0.04	−0.10
	p	0.80	0.9	0.79	0.85	0.56
Waist (cm)	r	−0.08	0.75	−0.07	0.09	−0.02
	p	0.55	<0.001 *	0.62	0.68	0.88
BMI (kg/m2)	r	−0.12	−0.04	−0.11	0.02	−0.01
	p	0.40	0.76	0.42	0.92	0.94
Age (years)	r	−0.08	−0.24	−0.01	−0.23	0.10
	p	0.57	0.08	0.91	0.32	0.58
Diabetes duration (years)	r	−0.04	−0.21	−0.06	−0.28	0.07
	p	0.76	0.12	0.66	0.22	0.68
TC (mg/dL)	r	0.35	0.66	0.49	0.28	0.28
	p	0.01 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	0.22	0.11
TG (mg/dL)	ρ	0.90	0.58	0.92	0.93	0.89
	p	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	<0.001 *
HDLc (mg/dL)	ρ	−0.63	−0.61	−0.24	−0.70	−0.54
	p	<0.001 *	<0.001 *	0.08	<0.001 *	0.001 *
LDLc (mg/dL)	ρ	0.13	0.59	0.21	0.27	−0.07
	p	0.35	<0.001 *	0.13	0.24	0.67
Glycemia (mg/dL)	ρ	0.33	0.19	0.62	0.20	0.31
	p	0.01 *	0.16	<0.001 *	0.40	0.08
HbA1c (%)	r	0.41	0.31	0.45	0.37	0.33
	p	0.003 *	0.02 *	<0.001 *	0.10	0.06
Uric acid (mg/dL)	r	−0.08	−0.25	−0.05	−0.19	−0.16
	p	0.56	0.09	0.71	0.45	0.38
EFV decrease (%)	r	0.28	0.28	0.32	0.32	0.16
	p	0.04 *	0.04 *	0.01 *	0.16	0.38
EFV (cm3)	r	0.08	0.11	0.10	0.14	−0.12
	p	0.57	0.43	0.45	0.55	0.50
L4VFV (cm3)	r	0.10	0.58	0.15	−0.05	0.19
	p	0.48	<0.001 *	0.28	0.82	0.29
L4VFV decrease (%)	ρ	−0.03	−0.04	−0.06	−0.24	0.06
	p	0.81	0.77	0.65	0.29	0.73
CAP (dB/m)	ρ	0.21	0.09	0.24	0.33	0.14
	p	0.13	0.53	0.09	0.16	0.46
Fibroscan (kPa)	ρ	0.07	0.14	0.16	0.30	−0.04
	p	0.62	0.34	0.29	0.21	0.81

* The correlations are statistically significant. r = correlation coefficient for parametric variables; ρ = Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient for non-parametric variables; BMI = body mass index; Waist = abdominal circumference; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglyceride; HDLc = high-density lipid cholesterol; LDLc = low-density lipid cholesterol; HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin; EFV = epicardial fat volume; L4VFV = visceral fat volume at the fourth vertebrae; AIP = atherogenic index plasma; CRR = cardiac risk ratio; AC = atherogenic coefficient; TyG = product of triglycerides and glucose; VAI = visceral adiposity index; CAP = controlled attenuation parameter; Fibroscan = liver stiffness score.