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Table 1 The statistical correlation between ALT and BMI with and without controlled variables

From: Modern diet and metabolic variance - a recipe for disaster?

Group selected

Number

Spearman correlation

Variables kept statistically constant

Partial Pearson correlation

All

 

0.395

1. Post-prandial glucose levels

0.370

 

46182

P = 0.000

 

P = 0.000

All

44714

0.395

1. Post-prandial glucose levels

0.314

  

P = 0.000

2. Blood pressure

P = 0.000

   

3. Cholesterol

 
   

4. Leukocytes

 
   

5. Thrombocytes

 

"Metabolically healthy"

 

0.237

1. Post-prandial glucose levels

0.215

1. Systolic Blood Pressure < 120 mmHg

1341

P = 0.000

 

P = 0.000

2. Glucose < 7.8 mmol/L

    

3. Cholesterol < 5.0 mmol/L

    

4. Leukocytes < 7100/μL

    

5. Thrombocytes < 260,000/μL

    

"Metabolically healthy" but non-obese

1329

0.227

1. Post-prandial glucose levels

0.194

1. Systolic Blood Pressure < 120 mmHg

 

P = 0.000

 

P = 0.000

2. Glucose < 7.8 mmol/L

    

3. Cholesterol < 5.0 mmol/L

    

4. Leukocytes < 7100/μL

    

5. Thrombocytes < 260,000/μL

    

6. Body mass index < 30 kg/m2

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