Plasma Asprosin Levels Are Associated with Glucose Metabolism, Lipid, and Sex Hormone Profiles in Females with Metabolic-Related Diseases

Table 4

The correlations between plasma asprosin level and metabolic risk factors in the T2DM group and BMI-categorized subgroups of T2DM.

	T2DM		T2DM (age-adjusted)		T2DM normal-weight(age-adjusted)		T2DM overweight/obese (age-adjusted)
	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.243	0.079	−0.104	0.464	−0.293	0.209	0.119	0.523
WHR	−0.058	0.683	−0.255	0.070	−0.215	0.377	−0.480	0.006
SBP (mmHg)	0.170	0.225	0.200	0.156	0.505	0.023	−0.007	0.971
DBP (mmHg)	0.097	0.492	0.037	0.793	0.405	0.077	−0.142	0.448
FBG (mmol/L)	0.366	0.007	0.536	<0.001	0.473	0.035	0.539	0.002
FINS (mU/mL)	−0.100	0.476	0.072	0.61	0.408	0.074	−0.099	0.596
OGTT-120 min insulin (mU/mL)	−0.283	0.073	−0.275	0.086	−0.519	0.048	−0.219	0.305
OGTT-IAUC	−0.335	0.057	−0.249	0.170	−0.534	0.060	−0.190	0.450
HbA1c (%)	0.322	0.024	0.405	0.004	0.469	0.043	0.378	0.047
HOMA-IR	0.136	0.330	0.392	0.004	0.526	0.017	0.288	0.116
HOMA-β	−0.382	0.005	−0.039	0.781	−0.185	0.434	−0.041	0.826
TG (mmol/L)	0.194	0.169	0.190	0.181	−0.056	0.819	0.279	0.129
TC (mmol/L)	0.049	0.731	0.006	0.966	0.107	0.664	−0.019	0.919
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.002	0.992	−0.038	0.797	0.055	0.829	−0.067	0.726
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.055	0.706	−0.08	0.583	0.434	0.072	−0.395	0.031
UA (mmol/L)	0.112	0.454	0.080	0.595	−0.032	0.900	0.002	0.991
WBC (10^9/L)	0.294	0.041	0.179	0.222	0.231	0.371	0.271	0.250
CRP (mg/L)	0.338	0.038	0.265	0.113	0.311	0.279	0.284	0.200

Notes: Correlations between variables were analyzed by an age-adjusted partial correlation test.