Table 2. Bivariate correlation between BMI, Waist:Hip, SBP, cIMT and CD with other covariates.

	BMI		Waist/Hip		SBP		cIMT		CD
	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	r	p-value	R	p-value
Age	−0.080	0.48	−0.056	0.60	0.084	0.43	0.291	0.005	−0.323	0.002
Gender	0.123	0.28	0.654	<0.0001	0.143	0.17	0.065	0.54	−0.115	0.29
Smoking	0.062	0.59	0.193	0.09	0.114	0.32	0.128	0.27	−0.127	0.28
SBP	0.587	<0.0001	0.409	<0.0001	–	–	0.323	0.002	−0.643	<0.0001
Hypertension	0.397	<0.0001	0.332	0.001	0.593	<0.0001	0.246	0.020	−0.383	<0.0001
BP-Med	0.359	0.001	0.406	<0.0001	0.254	0.024	0.213	0.06	−0.256	0.029
Type 2 Diabetes	0.434	<0.0001	0.372	0.001	0.385	<0.0001	0.307	0.005	−0.305	0.007
Fasting glucose	0.338	0.003	0.314	0.003	0.236	0.025	0.343	0.001	−0.267	0.015
HDL cholesterol	−0.472	<0.0001	−0.540	<0.0001	−0.158	0.13	−0.143	0.18	0.026	0.81
LDL cholesterol	0.014	0.91	0.140	0.19	0.144	0.17	0.107	0.32	0.019	0.86
Triglycerides	0.533	<0.0001	0.448	<0.0001	0.278	0.014	0.256	0.026	−0.221	0.06
BMI	–	–	0.633	<0.0001	0.580	<0.0001	0.422	<0.0001	−0.379	0.001
Waist:Hip	0.633	<0.0001	–	–	0.409	<0.0001	0.385	<0.0001	−0.289	0.008
Adiponectin	−0.601	<0.0001	−0.460	<0.0001	−0.403	<0.0001	−0.181	0.12	0.301	0.010
Leptin	0.733	<0.0001	0.301	0.008	0.383	0.001	0.220	0.056	−0.282	0.015
hsCRP	0.808	<0.0001	0.530	<0.0001	0.432	<0.0001	0.335	0.003	−0.337	0.004
IL-10	−0.467	<0.0001	−0.316	0.005	−0.265	0.019	−0.168	0.15	0.079	0.51
WBC	0.550	<0.0001	0.429	<0.0001	0.216	0.051	0.170	0.13	−0.115	0.32
CD133+KDR+PBMC,%	−0.003	0.98	0.026	0.81	0.120	0.25	0.128	0.23	0.19	0.87
Hill-colony forming units	0.141	0.28	0.145	0.22	0.116	0.33	−0.116	0.33	0.023	0.85
SDF-1	0.309	0.006	0.110	0.34	0.198	0.08	0.126	0.28	−0.096	0.42

BP-Med indicates blood pressure related medication, SBP, systolic blood pressure.