The Relationship between Serum Ferritin and Insulin Resistance in Different Glucose Metabolism in Nonobese Han Adults

Table 2

Simple correlations between serum ferritin and other variables in the study subjects (after adjustment for age and gender).

Variable
Waist circumference (cm)	0.084	0.528
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	−0.023	0.863
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.099	0.454
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	0.383	0.003
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.295	0.023
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)	0.451	0.000
Oral glucose tolerance test, 2 h plasma glucose (mmol/L)	0.179	0.233
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)	0.455	0.000
Oral glucose tolerance test, 2 h insulin (μIU/mL)	0.215	0.151
HOMA-IR	0.482	0.000
HOMA-β	0.171	0.197