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Table 4 Associations of different metabolic variables using perceived stress score as a dependent variable

From: Stress and cardiometabolic manifestations among Saudi students entering universities: a cross-sectional observational study

Ā 

Over all

Non-stressed

Stressed

Ā 

r

p

r

p

r

p

Age (years)

Ā Ā 

āˆ’0.006

0.86

0.001

0.98

BMI (kg/m2)

0.01

0.60

0.02

0.45

0.02

0.50

Waist circumference (cm)

āˆ’0.04

0.08

āˆ’0.01

0.68

āˆ’0.03

0.37

Hip circumference (cm)

āˆ’0.02

0.38

0.02

0.46

0.008

0.82

SAD (cm)

Ā Ā 

āˆ’0.008

0.80

āˆ’0.07

0.05

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

0.06

0.01

0.01

0.65

0.04

0.25

Glucose (mmol/l)

0.01

0.61

āˆ’0.01

0.75

āˆ’0.01

0.63

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

0.05

0.03

āˆ’0.01

0.65

0.03

0.48

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

0.003

0.88

āˆ’0.04

0.23

0.007

0.84

Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

āˆ’0.04

0.07

0.01

0.66

āˆ’0.03

0.38

Arm muscle circumference (AMC)

āˆ’0.02

0.41

0.01

0.56

0.03

0.40

(Body Cell Mass) BCM

āˆ’0.04

0.08

0.01

0.63

āˆ’0.04

0.25

Intracellular measured value

āˆ’0.09

0.001

0.01

0.68

āˆ’0.16

<0.001

Extracellular measured value

āˆ’0.09

0.001

0.009

0.79

āˆ’0.15

<0.001

Protein mass measured value

āˆ’0.04

0.15

0.001

0.96

āˆ’0.03

0.39

Mineral mass measured value

0.001

0.98

0.04

0.24

āˆ’0.08

0.02

Fat mass measured value

0.01

0.51

0.03

0.43

āˆ’0.03

0.32

Body water

āˆ’0.06

0.01

0.01

0.67

āˆ’0.17

<0.001

Soft lean mass

āˆ’0.07

0.008

0.001

0.97

āˆ’0.11

0.005

Lean body mass

āˆ’0.01

āˆ’0.61

0.02

0.61

āˆ’0.05

0.23

Percent body fat

0.06

0.01

0.03

0.41

0.05

0.17

Fat distribution

0.02

0.37

0.02

0.51

0.02

0.63

  1. Note: Data presented as coefficient (R); p-value significant at pā€‰<ā€‰0.05.