The Crucial Role of Diet Therapy and Selenium on the Evolution of Clinical and Paraclinical Parameters in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Table 2
Pearson correlation coefficients of OS parameters and research parameters.
Parameters
LC
LD
LD + Se
FORD test
FORT test
MIXT test
FORD test
FORT test
MIXT test
FORD test
FORT test
MIXT test
Pearson correlation
BMI
−0.024
0.222
−0.001
0.118
0.150
0.215
−0.058
0.096
−0.022
Obesity
0.042
−0.389
0.075
0.020
0.250
0.322
−0.004
0.284
0.117
Sarcopenia index
−0.032
−0.352
−0.039
−0.072
0.065
−0.004
0.286
0.252
0.069
Cardiovascular diseases
0.042
−0.389
0.075
0.178
−0.058
0.125
0.713
0.368
0.323
Fat mass
−0.020
−0.074
−0.175
0.082
0.030
0.157
0.333
0.231
0.477
Visceral fat
−0.697
−0.389
−0.804
0.167
0.222
0.263
0.497
0.386
0.396
Cholesterol
b
b
b
0.132
−0.044
0.113
0.225
0.120
0.237
Triglycerides
0.053
−0.258
0.094
−0.052
−0.040
0.114
0.033
0.000
−0.143
CPR
b
b
b
0.069
0.268
0.256
0.117
0.368
0.105
Fibrinogen
b
b
b
−0.240
−0.106
−0.058
−0.263
−0.284
−0.165
HOMA index
0.020
−0.386
−0.252
0.035
0.275
0.303
0.489
0.194
0.261
HGS
0.033
−0.165
−0.173
0.258
−0.041
0.159
−0.019
0.178
0.192
BMI = body mass index, CPR=C-reactive protein, HGS = glycosylated hemoglobin, = correlation is significant at 0.01 level, = correlation is significant at 0.05 level, and bcannot be computed because at least one of the variables is constant.
