Circulating betatrophin/ANGPTL8 levels correlate with body fat distribution in individuals with normal glucose tolerance but not those with glucose disorders

Table 3 Correlation analysis of body fat distribution and betatrophin levels in the IGT group

	Betatrophin		Betatrophin (age, sex, and BMI adjusted)		Betatrophin (age, sex, BMI and TG adjusted)
	r	P value	Partial r	P value	Partial r	P value
WHR	0.003	0.984	−0.022	0.866	−0.015	0.911
SAT	−0.012	0.923	−0.054	0.680	−0.034	0.796
VAT	−0.055	0.666	−0.054	0.682	−0.046	0.731
VAT/SAT	−0.024	0.850	0.000	0.998	−0.009	0.944
BFR (%)	0.002	0.987	−0.070	0.593	−0.064	0.629
LUR (%)	−0.001	0.991	0.096	0.464	0.114	0.390
RUR (%)	0.026	0.842	0.183	0.162	0.192	0.145
LLR (%)	0.058	0.652	0.018	0.889	0.022	0.866
RLR (%)	0.036	0.780	−0.004	0.977	0.001	0.993

WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, SAT Subcutaneous adipose tissue, VAT Visceral adipose tissue, VAT/SAT Ratio visceral adipose tissue-to-subcutaneous adipose tissue ratio, BFR Body fat ratio, LUR Left upper limb fat ratio, RUR Right upper limb fat ratio, LLR Left lower limb fat ratio, RLR Right lower limb fat ratio. Statistical significance from Pearson’s (normally distributed data) or Spearman’s (non-normally distributed data) correlation tests. *P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant

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