High Plasma Glucagon Levels Correlate with Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Suprailiac Skinfold Thickness, and Deep Subcutaneous Abdominal and Intraperitoneal Adipose Tissue Depots in Nonobese Asian Indian Males with Type 2 Diabetes in North India

Table 3

Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis showing predictors for fasting plasma glucagon levels in nonobese patients with T2DM (cases; ) and nonobese, nondiabetic males (controls; ).

Predictor variables	Standardized beta coefficient	Variance inflation factor	value	Adjusted square value
Waist-to-hip ratio	70.9	1.3	<0.05	0.84
Suprailiac skinfold thickness (horizontal)	0.58	1.9	<0.05	—
Deep subcutaneous abdominal adipose; tissue volume (cm^3)	0.29	1.9	<0.05	—
Intraperitoneal abdominal adipose; tissue volume (cm^3)	0.11	1.9	<0.05	—

: statistically significant.