Table 5: Correlations of visceral fat /body weight (VF/BW) ratio to fasting blood sugar and HOMA-IR in the different studied groups.

Rat groups FBG HOMA-IR
Control (n = 13) r
P
-0.236
NS
-0.209
NS
MS (n = 12) r
P
0.591
< 0.05
0.651
< 0.05
MSE (n = 10) r
P
0.193
NS
0.076
NS
MSS (n = 13) r
P
0.566
< 0.05
0.427
NS

r: Pearson correlation; P: Significance at P < 0.05 (two-tailed); n: number of rats