Body composition and metabolic syndrome in patients with type 1 diabetes

Table 3 Correlation analysis between body composition parameters and clinical variables in type 1 diabetes

	Visceral fat index		Trunk fat mass		Skeletal muscle mass
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Age	0.197	0.048	0.263	0.008	0.278	0.005
Duration	0.235	0.018	0.253	0.011	0.043	0.688
SBP	0.164	0.105	0.211	0.036	0.395	< 0.001
DBP	0.196	0.052	0.233	0.020	0.369	< 0.001
LDL	0.374	< 0.001	0.352	< 0.001	0.111	0.267
HDL	-0.103	0.305	-0.122	0.224	-0.229	0.021
TG	0.342	< 0.001	0.344	< 0.001	0.193	0.053
UA	0.008	0.934	0.032	0.753	0.332	0.001
HbA1c	0.044	0.666	0.056	0.579	-0.057	0.574
Insulin dose	-0.093	0.355	-0.244	0.014	-0.397	0.451

SBP: Significantly higher systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; TG: Triglyceride; UA: Uric acid; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin.