Research Article
Elevated Serum Levels of Cysteine and Tyrosine: Early Biomarkers in Asymptomatic Adults at Increased Risk of Developing Metabolic Syndrome
Table 5
Results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis for variables predicting insulin resistance score.
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Predictors |
Dependent variable: insulin resistance score | | | |
| Step 1 | | 2.82 | 0.06 | Age (years) | 0.167 | | | Gender | −0.201 | | | Step 2 | | 15.99 | 0.44 | Waist circumference (cm) | 0.565 | | | Systolic blood pres. (mmHg) | 0.085 | | | Diastolic blood pres. (mmHg) | 0.013 | | | Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 0.382 | | | HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L) | −0.104 | | | Step 3 | | 13.45 | 0.10 | Alanine (μmol/L) | 0.161 | | | Glycine (μmol/L) | −0.188 | | | Leucine (μmol/L) | 0.020 | | | Tyrosine (μmol/L) | 0.086 | | | Cysteine (μmol/L) | 0.043 | | | Total | | | 0.60 | | | | 96 |
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< 0.05, < 0.01, and < 0.001.
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