Table 4: Correlations of visceral fat (VF) weight to fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HOMA-IR in the different studied groups.
| Rat groups | FBG | HOMA-IR |
| Control (n = 13)r P |
-0.255 NS |
-0.235 NS |
| MS (n = 12)r P |
0.585 < 0.05 |
0.661 < 0.05 |
| MSE (n = 10)r P |
0.343 NS |
0.075 NS |
| MSS (n = 13)r P |
0.568 < 0.05 |
0.388 NS |
r: Pearson correlation; P: Significance at P < 0.05 (two-tailed); n: number of rats