BMI WHR HOMA- IR HOMA - B LOW BODY WEIGHT BMI 1.0 0.39 - 0.05 0.01 WHR 0.39 1.0 0.23 0.23 HOMA - IR -0.05 0.23 1.0 0.98* HOMA - B 0.01 0.23 0.98* 1.0 NORMAL BODY WEIGHT BMI 1.0 0.50* 0.52* 0.55* WHR 0.50* 1.0 0.39 0.43 HOMA - IR 0.52* 0.39 1.0 0.99* HOMA - B 0.55* 0.43 0.99* 1.0 * Significant at 5% level of probability

Table 5: Correlation between BMI, WHR, HOMA - IR and HOMA – B in patients of LB and NW Type 2 DM [7].