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Table 2 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between anthropometric indices and CVD risk factors among men and women

From: Association between anthropometric indicators of obesity and cardiovascular risk factors among adults in Shanghai, China

 

Men

Women

BMI

WC

WHtR

BMI

WC

WHtR

SBP

0.25 (0.24,0.27)

0.23 (0.21,0.24)

0.27 (0.25,0.28)

0.30 (0.29,0.31)

0.32 (0.31,0.34)

0.36 (0.34,0.37)

DBP

0.26 (0.25,0.28)

0.22 (0.21,0.24)

0.22 (0.20,0.23)

0.25 (0.24,0.27)

0.21 (0.20,0.22)

0.21 (0.20,0.23)

FPG

0.10 (0.09,0.12)

0.09 (0.07,0.10)

0.11 (0.09,0.12)

0.15 (0.14,0.17)

0.14 (0.13,0.16)

0.16 (0.15,0.17)

Hb1Ac

0.15 (0.14,0.17)

0.15 (0.13,0.17)

0.18 (0.16,0.19)

0.23 (0.21,0.24)

0.25 (0.24,0.27)

0.28 (0.27,0.29)

TC

0.07 (0.06,0.09)

0.07 (0.06,0.09)

0.08 (0.06,0.09)

0.09 (0.08,0.10)

0.12 (0.11,0.13)

0.14 (0.13,0.15)

TG

0.23 (0.22,0.25)

0.23 (0.22,0.25)

0.20 (0.19,0.22)

0.21 (0.20,0.22)

0.22 (0.21,0.23)

0.22 (0.21,0.24)

HDL-C

−0.32(−0.33, −0.30)

−0.30(−0.31, −0.28)

−0.26(−0.27, −0.24)

−0.25(−0.27, −0.21)

−0.23(−0.25, −0.19)

−0.21(−0.23, −0.18)

LDL-C

0.04 (0.02,0.05)

0.03 (0.01,0.05)

0.04 (0.03,0.06)

0.08 (0.07,0.09)

0.10 (0.09,0.12)

0.12 (0.10,0.13)

UA

0.23 (0.21,0.24)

0.22 (0.20,0.23)

0.19 (0.18,0.21)

0.31 (0.30,0.33)

0.29 (0.28,0.30)

0.29 (0.28,0.30)

  1. Data are correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals
  2. All correlation coefficients are significant at p < 0.001
  3. CVD: cardiovascular diseases. Other abbreviations see Table 1