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

Table 3

Linear regression analyses of fasting C-peptide versus fasting insulin as independent variables and other biomarkers as dependent variables in overweight/obese group (𝑛=45).

	Independent variables
Dependent variables	C-peptide		Insulin
	𝐵	𝑃 value	𝐵	𝑃 value
HDL-C	−9.46	0.01^*	0.60	0.15
Leptin	0.57	0.91	0.85	0.18
WC	5.28	0.02^*	0.38	0.14
DBP	4.2	0.06	0.57	0.03^*
Uric acid	1.15	<0.001^*	−0.1	0.006^*

^*Significant (𝑃<0.05).