Associations among osteocalcin, leptin and metabolic health in children ages 9–13 years in the United States

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 3 Unadjusted correlation and partial correlation adjusted for percent body fat of total osteocalcin and undercarboxylated osteocalcin with biochemical variables

		Total osteocalcin						Undercarboxylated osteocalcin
	Unadjusted			Adjusted for percent body fat			Unadjusted			Adjusted for percent body fat
	n	r	p	n	r	p	n	r	p	n	r	p
Leptin	303	–0.169	0.0031	286	0.041	0.4861	170	–0.037	0.6285	167	–0.162	0.0368
Insulin	303	0.001	0.9864	286	0.096	0.1057	170	–0.048	0.5345	167	–0.076	0.3282
Glucose	302	–0.026	0.6495	285	–0.033	0.5793	169	–0.150	0.0511	166	–0.159	0.0420
HOMA–IR	302	–0.006	0.9149	285	0.082	0.1666	169	–0.066	0.3965	166	–0.096	0.2185
HOMA–β	302	0.007	0.9060	285	0.096	0.1076	169	0.049	0.5229	166	0.036	0.6488
Weight	303	–0.008	0.8904	286	0.097	0.1028	170	–0.056	0.4672	167	–0.102	0.1923
Height	303	0.135	0.0183	286	0.101	0.0901	170	0.033	0.6641	167	0.035	0.6589

Homeostasis Model of Assessment Estimate of Insulin Resistance; Homeostasis Model of Assessment Estimate of β Cell Function; All variables were analyzed after logarithmic transformation
The values that are italic are p-values indicating significance

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