Cholesterol Synthesis Is Associated with Hepatic Lipid Content and Dependent on Fructose/Glucose Intake in Healthy Humans
Table 4
Univariate correlations of total cholesterol, cholesterol subfractions, and the noncholesterol sterol to cholesterol ratios with liver fat, visceral fat, and insulin sensitivity.
Liver fat
Visceral fat
Insulin sensitivity
Total cholesterol
0.194
0.384
0.243
0.303
0.082
0.730
LDL cholesterol
0.386
0.145
0.363
0.116
−0.049
0.839
HDL cholesterol
−0.545
0.011
−0.593
0.006
0.045
0.852
VLDL cholesterol
0.035
0.884
0.254
0.279
0.280
0.231
Non-HDL cholesterol
0.386
0.093
0.452
0.046
0.066
0.783
Lathosterol/cholesterol
0.107
0.636
0.404
0.078
−0.500
0.025
Desmosterol/cholesterol
0.548
0.027
0.541
0.014
−0.259
0.271
Lanosterol/cholesterol
0.642
0.004
0.629
0.003
−0.364
0.114
Campesterol/cholesterol
−0.005
0.710
−0.253
0.282
0.335
0.149
Sitosterol/cholesterol
0.040
0.803
−0.279
0.234
0.200
0.397
Cholestanol/cholesterol
0.008
0.974
0.060
0.800
0.325
0.163
Pearson correlation coefficients and values calculated with linear regression (liver fat was transformed logarithmically for calculation of the values).
