Table 2.

Pearson's correlation coefficient matrix of the traits after normalisation and blood pressure adjustments

	BMI	DBP adjusted	HDLc	Hip circumference	LDLc	Percent bodyfat	SBP adjusted	TC	TG∗	Waistcir-cumference	Weight
BMI	1.00
DBPadjusted	0.43d	1.00
HDLc	–0.36d	–0.11	1.00
Hip circumference	0.86d	0.36 d	–0.23d	1.00
LDLc	0.20d	0.29 d	–0.06	0.18c	1.00
Percent body fat	0.48 d	0.13 b	0.06	0.50 d	0.03	1.00
SBP adjusted	0.44d	0.76 d	–0.14b	0.37d	0.26d	0.06	1.00
TC	0.26d	0.35 d	0.04	0.23 d	0.92d	0.11a	0.35d	1.00
TG∗	0.44 d	0.34 d	–0.48d	0.33d	0.25d	0.12a	0.38d	0.41d	1.00
Waistcircumference	0.81d	0.43 d	–0.39d	0.77d	0.26d	0.17b	0.48d	0.31d	0.46d	1.00
Weight	0.84d	0.39 d	–0.42d	0.75d	0.15b	0.14b	0.36d	0.18b	0.38d	0.82d	1.00

^∗Log transformed

^ap < 0.05

^bp < 0.01

^cp < 0.001

^dp < 0.0001.