Table 3.

Correlation of body mass index with fasting glucose, fasting insulin, homoeostatic assessment of insulin resistance and serum homocysteine levels

Parameter	Overall (n=70)		Cases (n=35)		Controls (n=35)
	r	P	r	P	r	P
Fasting glucose	0.283	0.018	0.190	0.274	0.192	0.268
Fasting insulin	0.381	0.001	0.353	0.038	0.372	0.028
HOMA-IR	0.373	0.001	0.348	0.040	0.360	0.034
Serum Homocysteine	0.356	0.002	0.296	0.084	0.281	0.102

HOMA-IR=Homoeostatic assessment of insulin resistance