The ratio of skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area is a main determinant linking circulating irisin to metabolic phenotype

Table 3 Correlation with serum irisin according to skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area tertile

	Total (n = 424)	Lower tertile (n = 142)	Middle tertile (n = 141)	Upper tertile (n = 141)
Age	−0.17^**	−0.06	−0.18^*	−0.17^*
Body mass index	−0.10^*	0.05	−0.06	−0.22^**
Waist circumference	−0.11^*	0.01	−0.10	−0.20^*
Systolic blood pressure	−0.11^*	0.10	−0.20^*	−0.14
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.14^**	0.10	−0.22^**	−0.25^**
OGTT (0 min)	−0.25^***	0.13	−0.21^*	−0.52^***
OGTT (120 min)	−0.00	0.11	−0.09	−0.07
A1c	−0.05	0.17^*	−0.06	−0.27^**
HOMA-IR	−0.18^***	0.14	−0.20^*	−0.37^***
HOMA-B %	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.04
Total cholesterol	−0.16^**	0.02	−0.14	−0.27^**
Triglycerides	−0.21^***	0.09	−0.25^**	−0.37^***
HDL cholesterol	0.13^**	−0.02	0.13	0.21^*
LDL cholesterol	−0.10	−0.03	−0.09	−0.20^*
High-sensitivity CRP	0.12^*	0.16	0.11	0.14

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