. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Jul 14;20(1):186–191. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.210

TABLE 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients for all continuous variables in the A) NHS cohort, and B) HPFS cohort.

A)
	Age (y)	BMI (kg/m²)	25(OHD) (ng/mL)	Adiponectin (μg/mL)	Dietary Sodium Intake (mg/day)	Dietary Potassium Intake (mg/day)	Dietary Calcium Intake (mg/day)	Alcohol Intake (grams/day)	Prudent Dietary Pattern Score	Physical Activity (METS/week)
Age (y)	1.00	−0.02	0.03	0.14^*	0.07	0.22^*	0.13^*	0.07^*	−0.01	−0.004
BMI (kg/m²)		1.00	−0.18^*	−0.33^*	0.06	−0.10^*	0.13^*	−0.09^*	−0.02	−0.13^*
25(OHD) (ng/mL)			1.00	0.14^*	0.008	0.13^*	0.18^*	0.04	−0.02	0.18^*
Adiponectin (μg/mL)				1.00	−0.08^*	0.11^*	0.13^*	0.07^*	−0.004	0.09^*
Dietary Sodium Intake (mg/day)					1.00	0.18^*	0.07^*	−0.05^*	0.03	−0.04
Dietary Potassium Intake (mg/day)						1.00	0.34^*	0.07^*	0.09^*	0.16^*
Dietary Calcium Intake (mg/day)							1.00	−0.07^*	0.11^*	0.06^*
Alcohol Intake (grams/day)								1.00	0.13^*	0.005
Prudent Dietary Patter Score									1.00	0.14^*
Physical Activity (METS/week)										1.00

B)
	Age (y)	BMI (kg/m²)	25(OHD) (ng/mL)	Adiponectin (μg/mL)	Dietary Sodium Intake (mg/day)	Dietary Potassium Intake (mg/day)	Dietary Calcium Intake (mg/day)	Alcohol Intake (grams/day)	Prudent Dietary Pattern Score	Physical Activity (METS/week)
Age (y)	1.00	−0.07	0.003	0.14^*	−0.01	0.16^*	0.06	0.01	0.08	0.04
BMI (kg/m²)		1.00	−0.14^*	−0.15^*	0.12^*	−0.05	−0.06	0.06	−0.03	−0.14^*
25(OHD) (ng/mL)			1.00	0.09^*	0.04	0.06	0.12^*	0.16^*	0.02	0.18^*
Adiponectin (μg/mL)				1.00	0.03	0.07	0.06	0.009	−0.04	0.04
Dietary Sodium Intake (mg/day)					1.00	−0.06	0.14^*	−0.19^*	−0.04	−0.05
Dietary Potassium Intake (mg/day)						1.00	−0.34^*	−0.28^*	0.45^*	0.07
Dietary Calcium Intake (mg/day)							1.00	−0.13^*	0.16^*	0.03
Alcohol Intake (grams/day)								1.00	−0.10^*	0.001
Prudent Dietary Patter Score									1.00	0.10^*
Physical Activity (METS/week)										1.00

P<0.05.