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

Table 5 Correlation matrix for anthropometric, metabolic and blood pressure data for male 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	0.101	0.997^**	0.885^**	0.922^**	0.865^**	0.410^**	0.406^**	0.271^*
Age (years)		1	0.086	0.114	0.100	0.050	0.049	0.033	0.046
Body mass (kg)			1	0.891^**	0.918^**	0.876^**	0.401^**	0.403^**	0.259^*
BMI (kg/m²)				1	0.692^**	0.933^**	0.347^**	0.336^**	0.235
FFM (kg)					1	0.612^**	0.403^**	0.370^**	0.294^*
Fat mass (kg)						1	0.310^*	0.353^**	0.158
SBP (mm Hg)							1	0.819^**	0.830^**
DBP (mm Hg)								1	0.357^**
PP (mm Hg)									1

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