Association between Plasmatic Ceramides Profile and AST/ALT Ratio: C14:0 Ceramide as Predictor of Hepatic Steatosis in Adolescents Independently of Obesity

Table 2

Correlation matrix between different ceramides and biochemical features.

	C14:0 Cer	C16:0 Cer	C18:0 Cer	C24:0 Cer	C24:1 Cer
AST	0.085	0.045	0.12	0.06	0.08
ALT
AST/ALT ratio
Triglycerides		0.12	0.17	0.13	0.17
Cholesterol					0.16
HDL	−0.062	−0.11	−0.13	−0.31
VLDL		0.16		0.15
Fasting glucose	0.062	−0.09	−0.02	−0.15	0.01
Fasting insulin
HOMA-IR		0.15		0.1

Data correspond to Spearman correlation coefficients. values ≤ 0.001; ; . trend ().