Clustering of metabolic syndrome components in a Middle Eastern diabetic and non-diabetic population

Table 2 Correlation coefficients between variables associated with metabolic syndrome in non-diabetic (n = 1652) and diabetic (n= 1326) participants.

Variable	Waist circumference	HOMA-IR^a	TG	HDL-C	TG/HDL-C
Non-diabetic participants
HOMA-IR^{a, b}	0.44**
TG^b	0.35**	0.27**
HDL-C	-0.13**	-0.14**	-0.28**
TG/HDL-C^b	0.34**	0.28**	0.93**	-0.61**
SBP	0.37**	0.11**	0.27**	0.01	0.22**
Diabetic participants
HOMA-IR^{a, b}	0.36**
TG^b	0.18**	0.25**
HDL-C	-0.08*	-0.11**	-0.31**
TG/HDL-C^b	0.18**	0.24**	0.93**	-0.63**
SBP	0.09*	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.01

* P <0.01; **P <0.001. ^a Fasting insulin (U/l) × fasting glucose (mg/dl)/405. ^b Log transformed.
Abbreviations: HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG/HDL-C, triglycerides to HDL-C ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

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