Table 2.

Spearman’s correlation analysis for the association of obesity with insulin secretion and sensitivity.

	BMI		VFA		SFA		V/S ratio
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
FPIS	0.302	< 0.001	0.318	< 0.001	0.294	< 0.001	0.107	NS
SPIS	0.152	0.008	0.170	0.003	0.144	0.013	0.095	NS
HOMA2-β	0.119	0.039	0.135	0.019	0.121	0.037	0.087	NS
HOMA2-IR	0.388	<0.001	0.418	<0.001	0.432	<0.001	0.084	NS
Gutt-ISI	-0.271	<0.001	-0.292	<0.001	-0.308	<0.001	-0.051	NS

BMI, body mass index; VFA, visceral fat area; SFA, subcutaneous fat area; FPIS, first phase insulin secretion; SPIS, second phase insulin secretion; IR, insulin resistance; ISI, insulin sensitivity index. NS, no significance.