C-Peptide Versus Insulin: Relationships with Risk Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in Metabolic Syndrome in Young Arab Females

Table 2

Coefficients of simple correlation (𝑟) of fasting C-peptide versus fasting insulin with studied parameters in overweight/obese subjects (𝑛=45).

	Overweight/obese subjects
	C-peptide		Insulin
	𝑟	𝑃	𝑟	𝑃
ℎ𝑠-CRP	0.06	0.66	0.007	0.96
SBP	0.24	0.10	0.22	0.14
DBP	0.28	0.05	0.33	0.03^*
Leptin	0.31	0.03^*	0.36	0.01^*
HDL-C	−0.36	0.01^*	−0.18	0.22
Uric acid	0.35	0.01^*	0.07	0.60
WC	0.36	0.02^*	0.22	0.14

^*Significant correlations (𝑃<0.05).