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Table 2 Correlation of head fat with anthropological metabolic variables and fat distribution

From: Head fat is a novel method of measuring metabolic disorder in Chinese obese patients

 

Head fat

Men

Women

r

p-value

r

p-value

Body weight, kg

0.540

0.014

0.607

<0.001

BMI, kg/m 2

0.605

0.005

0.500

<0.001

NC, cm

0.667

0.003

−0.026

0.874

WC, cm

0.636

0.005

0.557

<0.001

HC, cm

0.637

0.004

0.415

0.008

Visceral index

0.699

0.001

0.568

<0.001

BM, kcal

0.599

0.007

0.623

<0.001

FPG, mmol/l

0.183

0.468

0.201

0.191

Fasting insulin, uU/ml

0.303

0.236

0.397

0.008

Fasting CP, ng/ml

0.496

0.051

0.396

0.010

TCH, mmol/l

−0.034

0.904

0.178

0.265

TG, mmol/l

0.264

0.341

0.153

0.225

HDL-C, mmol/l

−0.517

0.071

−0.235

0.138

LDL-C, mmol/l

0.346

0.298

0.200

0.211

FFA, mmol/l

−0.349

0.222

0.064

0.689

UA, umol/L

0.635

0.036

0.455

0.003

Upper limbs fat, g

0.502

0.024

0.533

<0.001

Trunk fat, g

0.546

0.013

0.420

0.004

Lower limbs fat, g

0.436

0.055

0.133

0.387

Total limbs fat, g

0.501

0.024

0.280

0.060

Total fat except head, g

0.581

0.007

0.386

0.008

Total fat, g

0.612

0.004

0.425

0.003

  1. For list of abbreviations, see Table 1.
  2. p-values < 0.05 were considered significant.