Table 2.

The cross-lagged path coefficients between blood lipids and HOMA-IR

	Synchronous correlations (r1)	Path coefficients		Autocorrelation coefficients		Goodness of model fit
		ρ1 (Lipid→HOMA-IR)	ρ2 (HOMA-IR→Lipid)	Lipid	HOMA-IR	RMR	CFI
TG	0.284*	0.073*	0.057*	0.649	0.415	0.054	0.930
HDL-C	−0.195*	−0.057*	−0.066*	0.765	0.425	0.017	0.993
LpA-I	−0.095*	−0.058*	−0.093*	0.539	0.431	0.014	0.995
ApoA-I	−0.077*	−0.050*	−0.066*	0.549	0.432	0.000	1.000
TC	0.093*	0.008	−0.035	0.733	0.435	0.028	0.979
LDL-C	0.092*	0.007	−0.021	0.753	0.436	0.021	0.989
ApoB	0.176*	0.051*	<0.001	0.735	0.427	0.035	0.969

The number of subjects, N=1386.

*P<0.05.

ApoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; ApoB, apolipoprotein B; CFI, comparative fit index; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LpA-I, lipoprotein A-I; RMR, root mean square residual; TG, triglyceride.