Table 2.
Associations between blood pressure values and BMI, BFP, sedentary time as well as MVPA.
| Parameter | Spearman's correlation coefficient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Female | Male | ||||
| r | p | r | p | r | p | |
| BMI | ||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.567 | < 0.001 | 0.450 | < 0.001 | 0.758 | < 0.001 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.556 | < 0.001 | 0.502 | < 0.001 | 0.598 | 0.001 |
| BFP | ||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.379 | < 0.001 | 0.227 | 0.043 | 0.693 | < 0.001 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.378 | < 0.001 | 0.294 | 0.008 | 0.590 | 0.001 |
| Sedentary time | ||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.109 | 0.257 | 0.001 | 0.995 | 0.317 | 0.094 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.018 | 0.851 | -0.030 | 0.789 | 0.136 | 0.482 |
| Average MVPA per day | ||||||
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.130 | 0.179 | 0.125 | 0.269 | 0.108 | 0.577 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.038 | 0.697 | 0.033 | 0.773 | 0.041 | 0.834 |
Significant associations are highlighted in bold.
BMI body mass index, BFP body fat percentage, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MVPA moderate to vigorous physical activity, SBP systolic blood pressure.