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Table 2 Pearson correlation between hepatic markers and baseline characteristics of the subjects.

From: Association of liver enzymes with incident type 2 diabetes: A nested case control study in an Iranian population

 

γ-glutamyl transferase

Alanin aminotranferase

Aspartate aminotransferase

Body mass index

0.113

0.014

-0.046

Waist circumference

0.300**

0.176

0.053

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.440**

0.276**

0.173

Systolic blood pressure

0.122

-0.062

-0.006

Diastolic blood pressure

0.168

0.022

0.104

Fasting plasma glucose

0.308**

0.200*

0.016

2-hours plasma glucose

0.108

0.312**

0.005

Fasting insulin

0.117

0.081

0.000

Triglycerides

0.263**

0.022

0.048

HDL-cholesterol

-0.129

0.005

0.134

C-reactive protein

0.159*

-0.084

0.013

  1. All of the hepatic markers as well as fasting insulin, Triglycerides and C-reactive protein were log transformed before analysis.
  2. *Correlation was significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
  3. **Correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).