Correlation coefficients (r) between body fat and metabolic variables in participants without medications for hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia (N = 353).

<p>Body fat area was logarithmically transformed for statistical analysis.</p><p>BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; OGTT-2h-PG, plasma glucose at 2 h during oral glucose tolerance test; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; GOT, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GPT, glutamic pyruvic transaminase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; CRP, C-reactive protein.</p>a<p>p1: retroperitoneal fat, peritoneal fat or subcutaneous fat area vs the indicated metabolic variable.</p>b<p>p2: retroperitoneal fat vs the indicated metabolic variable, adjusted for peritoneal fat.</p>c<p>p3: compare with the correlation coefficient between retroperitoneal fat and the indicated metabolic variable.</p>d<p>log-transformed.</p><p>Correlation coefficients (r) between body fat and metabolic variables in participants without medications for hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia (N = 353).