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Table 1 Mean Fasting and Non-Fasting Values and Correlation Coefficients

From: Correlation between measures of insulin resistance in fasting and non-fasting blood

 

Comparison of meansa

 

Sex-adjusted partial correlation

 

Fasting

Non-Fasting

   

Variable

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

P

r

P

Glucose mmol/L

5.06

4.88, 5.24

4.98

4.80, 5.16

0.44

0.40

0.033

Insulinb pmol/L

31.8

25.4, 39.9

40.8

29.1, 57.3

0.11

0.44

0.016

Triglyceride mmol/L

0.89

0.74, 1.04

1.52

1.22, 1.81

< 0.001

0.65

< 0.001

Leptinb μg/L

5.81

4.09, 8.24

6.00

4.33, 8.3

0.37

0.95

< 0.001

Adiponectinb μg/L

7.25

5.88, 8.93

6.45

4.51, 9.23

0.17

0.96

< 0.001

McAuley

10.0

9.1, 10.9

8.3

7.1, 9.6

0.002

0.60

0.001

QUICKI

0.17

0.16, 0.17

0.16

0.15, 0.17

0.41

0.39

0.037

HOMA-IRb

0.60

0.48, 0.75

0.76

0.54, 1.07

0.12

0.44

0.016

Leptin:adiponectin ratiob

0.83

0.60, 1.15

0.83

0.61, 1.13

0.89

0.95

< 0.001

  1. a P values from two-sided paired t-tests. b Values log-transformed before analyses: geometric means are presented.