Adiposity Is a Key Correlate of Circulating Fibroblast Growth Factor-21 Levels in African Males with or without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Spearman ranking correlation of serum FGF-21 levels with anthropometric and biochemical parameters.

Variable	All subjects		Nondiabetic		T2DM
	r		r		r
Weight	0.402	<0.001	0.324	0.001	0.422	<0.001
Age	0.167	0.016	0.114	0.246	0.138	0.169
BMI	0.373	<0.001	0.403	<0.001	0.410	<0.001
Waist circumference	0.648	<0.001	0.507	<0.001	0.730	<0.001
Fat mass	0.020	0.772	0.024	0.809	−0.005	0.959
Percentage fat mass	0.770	<0.001	0.698	<0.001	0.799	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure	0.027	0.7	0.080	0.413	−0.131	0.193
Diastolic blood pressure	0.104	0.134	0.061	0.537	0.147	0.144
Fasting glucose	0.165	0.017	-0.037	0.705	0.094	0.349
Cholesterol	0.189	0.006	0.184	0.059	0.247	0.013
HDL	−0.355	<0.001	−0.164	0.093	−0.387	<0.001
LDL	0.154	0.026	0.145	0.137	0.198	0.047
TG	0.332	<0.001	0.265	0.006	0.326	0.001
HbA1C	0.226	0.001	−0.021	0.831	0.271	0.006