Hypertension prevalence and influence of basal metabolic rate on blood pressure among adult students in Bangladesh

Table 4 Correlation matrix for anthropometric, metabolic and blood pressure data for female students^a

	BMR (KJ/day)	Age (years)	Body mass (kg)	BMI (kg/m²)	FFM (kg)	Fat mass (kg)	SBP (mm Hg)	DBP (mm Hg)	PP (mm Hg)
BMR (KJ/day)	1	0.097	0.998^**	0.904^**	0.931^**	0.953^**	0.466^**	0.496^**	0.300^**
Age (years)		1	0.089	0.062	0.115	0.062	0.075	0.044	0.081
Body mass (kg)			1	0.912^**	0.921^**	0.963^**	0.467^**	0.491^**	0.306^**
BMI (kg/m²)				1	0.723^**	0.958^**	0.370^**	0.407^**	0.226^*
FFM (kg)					1	0.783^**	0.509^**	0.516^**	0.351^**
Fat mass (kg)						1	0.395^**	0.429^**	0.248^**
SBP (mm Hg)							1	0.822^**	0.861^**
DBP (mm Hg)								1	0.418^**
PP (mm Hg)									1

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