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. 2013 Mar 27;6:123. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-123

Table 4.

Spearman correlation of anthropometric indices with mean blood pressure, lipids and fasting blood glucose level among the men cohort

 
 
Age
BMI
WC
WCHR
ABDht
%BF
    Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
Systolic BP
r
.123
.100
.236*
.233*
.387*
.355*
.344*
.370*
.474*
-.071
.078
.250*
p
.117
.190
.002
.002
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
<.001
.351
.320
.001
Diastolic BP
r
.203*
.092
.155*
.054
.353*
.155*
.320*
.154*
.412*
.019
-.007
.066
p
.009
.230
.048
.479
<.001
.042
<.001
.044
<.001
.808
.931
.391
RHR
r
-.094
-.037
.135
.182*
.085
.264*
.085
.265*
.288*
-.030
-.065
.116
p
.234
.632
.087
.017
.281
<.001
.281
<.001
<.001
.694
412
.128
Glucose
r
-.055
-.020
.056
.138
.027
.132
.054
.146
.055
-.039
-.028
.096
p
.285
797
.476
.070
.733
.083
.497
.055
.489
.611
.722
.207
Cholesterol§
r
.178
-.061
.055
-.037
-.006
-.037
.082
-.035
.029
.115
.054
-.058
p
.023
.429
.483
.633
.944
.628
.298
.648
.717
.131
.490
.451
Triglyceride
r
-.047
.059
.029
.059
.056
.075
.012
.031
-.072
-.012
-.016
.088
p
.553
.441
.712
.438
.481
.327
.879
.683
.358
.875
.842
.250
HDL-C
r
.148
.009
.070
-.189
-.040
-.145
.048
.194*
-.036
.051
-.048
-.143
p
.059
.904
.375
.013
.612
.058
.547
.011
.649
.503
.547
.061
LDL-C
r
.175*
-.104
-.026
.028
.000
.001
.047
.032
.070
.121
.125
-.034
  p .026 .175 .738 .717 .998 .994 .550 .672 .375 .112 .111 .660

SBP (systolic blood pressure), DBP (diastolic blood pressure), RHR (resting heart rate), LDL-C (low density lipoprotein cholesterol).

HDL-C (high density lipoprotein cholesterol), § (Total cholesterol), BMI = body mass index, WC = waist circumference.

WCHR = waist circumference height ratio, ABDht = abdominal height, %BF = percentage body fat.

r = spearman correlation coefficient, p = p-value, * = significant.