Table 4.

Correlations between LEAP2, ghrelin, ghrelin/LEAP2 with age, BMI, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, HbA1c, total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, and TG in all the subjects, in male adults, and in female adults (n  = 40, 16).

	Group	Ghrelin	LEAP2	Ghrelin/LEAP2
Age (years)	All	−0.106	0.398	−0.385
	Male	−0.060	0.405	−0.285
	Female	−0.210	0.406	−0.617
BMI (kg/m2)	All	0.082	0.051	−0.075
	Male	0.183	−0.014	0.001
	Female	0.054	0.267	−0.193
Glucose (mmol/L)	All	−0.145	0.230	−0.318
	Male	−0.303	0.141	−0.331
	Female	0.138	0.549	−0.283
Insulin (µIU/mL)	All	0.061	−0.058	−0.043
	Male	0.128	−0.060	−0.051
	Female	−0.058	−0.060	0.006
HOMA-IR	All	−0.082	0.085	−0.236
	Male	−0.088	0.028	−0.227
	Female	0.034	0.472	−0.287
HbA1c (%)	All	−0.218	0.376	−0.459
	Male	−0.340	0.343	−0.473
	Female	−0.061	0.507	−0.426
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	All	−0.008	0.198	−0.162
	Male	−0.183	0.166	−0.109
	Female	0.124	0.371	0.314
HDL-C (mg/dL)	All	0.226	−0.044	0.214
	Male	0.181	−0.026	0.206
	Female	0.208	−0.097	0.204
LDL-C (mg/dL)	All	−0.151	0.171	−0.377
	Male	−0.294	0.135	−0.471
	Female	0.046	0.310	−0.213
TG (mg/dL)	All	0.087	−0.032	0.016
	Male	0.005	−0.154	0.128
	Female	0.418	0.702	−0.370

Bold values are statistically significant (P < 0.05).

HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c TG, triglycerides.