The Relationship between Adiposity and Insulin Sensitivity in African Women Living with the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Clamp Study

Table 4

Correlation between clinical and biological characteristics and fat-free mass adjusted insulin sensitivity.

Characteristic	Pearson’s correlation coefficient	value
Age	−0.12	0.57
REE	−0.28	0.18
Systolic blood pressure	−0.27	0.21
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.25	0.24
Fasting plasma glucose	−0.26	0.22
Body mass index	−0.56	0.005
Blood urea nitrogen	0.04	0.84
Serum creatinine	−0.09	0.67