Table 2 Correlations of cardiometabolic risk factors among spouse pairs and random male-female pairs
Risk factors | Spouse pairs (Reported in our earlier study) [20] | Random male-female pairs (Exact age-match of spouse pairs) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Simple correlation (95% CI) | Age-adjusted correlation (95% CI) | Simple correlation (95% CI) | Age-adjusted correlation (95% CI) | |
Age at baseline | 0.934 (0.930, 0.937) | NA | 0.934 (0.930, 0.937) | NA |
 Weight | 0.119 (0.092, 0.145) | 0.110 (0.084, 0.137) | 0.008 (-0.018, 0.035) | -0.005 (-0.032, 0.002) |
 Height | 0.297 (0.272, 0.321) | 0.175 (0.149, 0.201) | 0.161 (0.135, 0.187) | 0.010 (-0.016, 0.037) |
 Waist circumference | 0.132 (0.098, 0.166) | 0.126 (0.092, 0.160) | 0.005 (-0.037, 0.047) | 0.005 (-0.038, 0.047) |
Body mass index | 0.134 (0.107, 0.161) | 0.136 (0.109, 0.163) | -0.009 (-0.036, 0.019) | -0.007 (-0.035, 0.021) |
SBP | 0.163 (0.136, 0.190) | 0.086 (0.059, 0.113) | 0.075 (0.047, 0.103) | 0.026 (-0.002, 0.054) |
DBP | 0.094 (0.067, 0.122) | 0.073 (0.046, 0.100) | 0.029 (0.001, 0.057) | 0.036 (0.007, 0.064) |
HbA1c | 0.139 (0.110, 0.167) | 0.080 (0.051, 0.109) | 0.095 (0.066, 0.124) | 0.021 (-0.008, 0.050) |
Total cholesterol | 0.074 (0.030, 0.118) | 0.101 (0.057, 0.145) | 0.035 (-0.033, 0.102) | 0.071 (0.003, 0.138) |
Triglycerides | 0.109 (0.083, 0.136) | 0.129 (0.102, 0.155) | -0.014 (0.041, 0.013) | 0.002 (-0.025, 0.028) |
HDL-cholesterol | 0.098 (0.071, 0.124) | 0.100 (0.073, 0.126) | 0.002 (-0.025, 0.029) | 0.003 (-0.024, 0.030) |
LDL-cholesterol | 0.084 (0.050, 0.119) | 0.095 (0.060, 0.129) | 0.021 (-0.022, 0.063) | 0.032 (-0.011, 0.074) |