Table 2.

Age-, and sex-adjusted Pearson correlation coefficients (r) of adiposity measures and log-aldosterone to renin ratio, log-aldosterone and log-renin; overall and stratified by sex

	Log-renin		Log-aldosterone		Log-aldosterone: renin
	r	P-value	r	P-value	r	P-value
Overall
Body Mass Index	0.03	0.2	-0.04	0.07	0.04	0.04
Waist circumference	0.04	0.06	-0.02	0.4	0.05	0.03
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue	0.04	0.1	-0.01	0.6	0.04	0.1
Visceral Adipose Tissue	0.03	0.2	-0.03	0.2	0.04	0.06
Men
Body Mass Index	0.02	0.6	-0.05	0.2	0.04	0.2
Waist circumference	0.02	0.5	-0.06	0.06	0.05	0.1
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue	0.01	0.8	-0.04	0.2	0.03	0.4
Visceral Adipose Tissue	0.00	1.0	-0.05	0.1	0.03	0.4
Women
Body Mass Index	0.04	0.2	-0.04	0.2	0.06	0.07
Waist circumference	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.6	0.04	0.2
Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue	0.06	0.06	0.01	0.6	0.04	0.2
Visceral Adipose Tissue	0.06	0.05	-0.01	0.8	0.06	0.07