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Table 2 Spearman and Pearson’s correlation (r) between COVID-19 parameters and the studied variables (sex-age-standardized)

From: COVID-19, body mass index and cholesterol: an ecological study using global data

Variables

Total cases

Total deaths

Incidence ratio a

Mortality ratio a

Mean total serum cholesterol (2009)

.495**

.391**

.692**

.611**

Prevalence of high cholesterol (≥ 5)

.498**

.397**

.695**

.617**

Prevalence of high cholesterol (≥ 6.2)

.485**

.383**

.701**

.621**

Mean total cholesterol (mmol/L)

.450**

.409**

.609**

.602**

Mean non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

.419**

.411**

.488**

.539**

Mean HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

.199*

.139

.476**

.390**

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

.364**

.356**

.586**

.617**

Prevalence of overweight among adults

.438**

.410**

.641**

.643**

Prevalence of obesity among adults

.388**

.374**

.588**

.604**

Prevalence of underweight among adults

−.457**

−.436**

−.704**

−.715**

GDP per capita

.475**

.356**

.679**

.564**

Median age

.523**

.447**

.679**

.621**

Aged > 65 older

.484**

.459**

.582**

.605**

Aged > 70 older

.480**

.454**

.594**

.615**

Population density

.149

.066

.141

.033

  1. GDP Gross Domestic Product per capita, ** P < .01, * P < .05, a = per million