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Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted Spearman correlation coefficients of methionine metabolites and metabolic relevant factors

From: Association of serum methionine metabolites with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusted

SAM

SAH

Hcy

SAM/SAH

SAM

SAH

Hcy

SAM/SAH

BMI

0.129***

0.172***

0.170***

− 0.101***

0.131***

0.145***

0.117***

− 0.077***

WHR

0.179***

0.152***

0.099***

− 0.055**

0.148***

0.116***

0.045*

− 0.043*

HOMA-IR

0.126***

0.076***

0.098***

0.017

0.085***

0.056***

0.043**

0.010

AST/ALT

− 0.126***

− 0.087***

− 0.037

0.020

− 0.083***

− 0.063**

− 0.028

0.017

TC (mM)

− 0.025

− 0.014

− 0.058**

− 0.004

− 0.015

0.003

− 0.062**

− 0.028

TG (mM)

0.095***

0.155***

0.087***

− 0.108***

0.048*

0.104***

0.049*

− 0.084***

HDL-C (mM)

− 0.131***

− 0.163***

− 0.128***

0.092***

− 0.099***

− 0.144***

− 0.110***

0.093***

LDL-C (mM)

− 0.053**

− 0.002

− 0.023

− 0.038*

− 0.045*

0.010

− 0.023

− 0.046*

UA (μM)

0.188***

0.161***

0.091***

− 0.075***

0.159***

0.112***

0.046*

− 0.049*

hsCRP (mg/L)

0.120***

0.130***

0.091***

− 0.073***

0.066**

0.010

0.022

0.034

SAM (nM)

–

0.527***

0.193***

− 0.002

–

0.476***

0.172***

0.063**

SAH (nM)

0.527***

–

0.416***

− 0.815***

0.476***

–

0.358***

− 0.768***

Hcy (μM)

0.193***

0.416***

–

− 0.341***

0.172***

0.358***

–

− 0.261***

SAM/SAH

− 0.002

− 0.815***

− 0.341***

–

0.063**

− 0.768***

− 0.261***

–

  1. The adjusted associations between serum methionine metabolites levels and several relevant factors were estimated by partial correlation adjusting for age and sex
  2. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001