Research Article

Insulin Secretory Defect and Insulin Resistance in Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose and Isolated Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Table 2

Factors responsible for elevating FPG levels in isolated IFG and 2 h PG levels in isolated IGT.

VariableSimple linear regression analysisMultivariate regression analysis
Correlation coefficient value-value value

2 h PG levels as a dependent variable in isolated IGT
Insulinogenic index −0.245−0.290
ISI composite−0.015ns−0.097ns
Age 0.043ns0.077ns
Triglycerides0.032ns0.053ns
BMI0.008ns0.007ns

FPG levels as a dependent variable in isolated IFG
ISI composite−0.162−0.214
Insulinogenic index−0.111−0.184
BMI 0.0920.042ns
Triglycerides0.0580.038ns
Age0.028ns0.006ns

Correlation coefficient and values in simple linear regression analysis and -values in multivariate regression analysis are listed. ns stands for not significant.