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Table 4 Correlation between different cardiovascular disease risk factors

From: Prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Nepalese population aged 40–80 years

 

CG

AL

FV

MET

BMI

WC

SBP

DBP

FBS

TC

TG

HDL

LDL

CG

             

AL

.286a

            

FV

−.045

−.087

           

MET

.018

.023

.016

          

BMI

−.096

−.049

.077

−.029

         

WC

-.121b

−.007

.055

−.090

.569a

        

SBP

−.010

.117b

−.025

.028

.118b

.162a

       

DBP

−.078

.065

−.050

−.065

.201a

.219a

.769a

      

FBS

−.013

.011

−.037

−.075

.022

.032

.018

.037

     

TC

.010

.100

.037

−.022

−.035

.001

.033

.030

.098

    

TG

−.038

−.026

−.012

−.048

.096

.181a

.133b

.125b

.198a

.250a

   

HDL

.078

.173a

.040

.012

−.034

−.101

−.005

−.098

.136b

.195a

−.075

  

LDL

−.004

.050

.029

−.008

−.064

−.036

−.019

.016

−.030

.863a

-.123b

-.140a

 
  1. CG Average no. of cigarettes/day, AL Average standard drinks/day, FV Total servings of fruit and vegetable/day, METs Total METs-Minutes/week, BMI Body Mass Index, WC Waist circumference, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood pressure, FBS Fasting Blood Sugar, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, HDL High-density Lipoprotein, LDL Low-density Lipoprotein
  2. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level
  3. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level