Research Article

Relationship between Serum Indirect Bilirubin Level and Insulin Sensitivity: Results from Two Independent Cohorts of Obese Patients with Impaired Glucose Regulation and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China

Table 7

Multivariate linear regression analysis between the changes of the Matsuda Index and the changes of variable postoperative alterations in cohort 2.

Dependent variableIndependent variableStandardized βSE valueAdjusted R square

∆Matsuda Index∆IBIL%0.2170.0170.0220.030
∆ GGT−0.2080.0250.0280.058
Male−0.1841.4250.0490.084

∆, difference between selected variable values at one month and preoperatively; BMI, body mass index; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase. Multivariate linear regression analysis, . Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.