TABLE 2.
Correlations Between Anthropometric Measures and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Each Sex-by-Race Groupa
Group | Cholesterol | HDL-C | LDL-C | Glucose | Triglycerides | SBP | DBP |
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African American women (n=488) | |||||||
Weight | 0.05 | −0.20 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.20 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
Hip circumference | 0.04 | −0.15 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
Waist circumference | 0.09 | −0.23 | 0.13 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.27 |
Waist-hip ratio | 0.12 | −0.21 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.23 |
Waist-height ratio | 0.10 | −0.22 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.27 |
Weight-height ratio | 0.06 | −0.21 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.24 |
BAI | 0.05 | −0.14 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.18 |
BMI | 0.07 | −0.21 | 0.11 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
White women (n=686) | |||||||
Weight | 0.19 | −0.31 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.20 | 0.28 |
Hip circumference | 0.20 | −0.26 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.27 |
Waist circumference | 0.23 | −0.32 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.23 | 0.29 |
Waist-hip ratio | 0.16 | −0.23 | 0.15 | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.16 |
Waist-height ratio | 0.24 | −0.31 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.28 |
Weight-height ratio | 0.21 | −0.31 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.28 |
BAI | 0.21 | −0.23 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.25 |
BMI | 0.21 | −0.30 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.23 | 0.28 |
African American men (n=196) | |||||||
Weight | 0.15 | −0.33 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
Hip circumference | 0.18 | −0.36 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
Waist circumference | 0.23 | −0.39 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.28 |
Waist-hip ratio | 0.20 | −0.27 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.30 |
Waist-height ratio | 0.24 | −0.38 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 0.26 |
Weight-height ratio | 0.18 | −0.35 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.25 |
BAI | 0.21 | −0.34 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.14 |
BMI | 0.19 | −0.36 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.24 |
White men (n=667) | |||||||
Weight | 0.21 | −0.29 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.36 |
Hip circumference | 0.20 | −0.30 | 0.17 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
Waist circumference | 0.30 | −0.30 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.39 |
Waist-hip ratio | 0.32 | −0.21 | 0.27 | 0.29 | 0.38 | 0.20 | 0.34 |
Waist-height ratio | 0.31 | −0.29 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.43 | 0.24 | 0.36 |
Weight-height ratio | 0.23 | −0.30 | 0.19 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.37 |
BAI | 0.22 | −0.26 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.25 |
BMI | 0.25 | −0.30 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.36 |
Values in bold are significant at the P<.05 level. BAI = body adiposity index; BMI = body mass index; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP = systolic blood pressure.