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

Table 5.

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

 
Age
BMI
WC
WCHR
ABDht
%BF
  Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural
Systolic BP
r
.285*
.293*
.270*
.153
.276*
.369*
.253*
.388*
.290*
-.115
.050
.380*
p
<.001
<.001
<.001
.054
<.001
<.001
.001
<.001
<.001
.150
.512
<.001
Diastolic BP
r
.129
.237*
.258*
.201*
.264*
.315*
.236*
.323*
.158*
-.040
.066
.358*
p
.092
<.001
.001
.011
<.001
<.001
.002
<.001
.038
.619
.392
<.001
RHR
r
-.004
.028
.189*
.288*
.153
.465*
.262*
.302*
.084
.176*
.141
.194*
p
.956
.725
.013
<.001
.045
<.001
.001
<.001
.272
.026
.066
.014
Glucose
r
.118
.126
.195*
.050
-.080
.258*
-.059
.204*
-.133
-.042
.090
.148
p
.123
.113
.010
.534
.298
.001
.444
.010
.083
.602
.241
.062
Cholesterol§
r
-.235*
.010
-.122
.106
-.092
.081
-.142
.090
-.063
.001
.090
.091
p
.002
.905
.111
.184
.231
.313
.064
.260
.412
.991
.239
.253
Triglyceride
r
.004
.056
-.031
.082
-.028
.169*
-.082
.137
.050
-.113
.041
.127
p
.954
.481
.686
.303
.712
.034
.284
.085
.513
.155
.591
.110
HDL-C
r
-.124
-.131
-.035
-.044
-.125
-.102
-.072
-.059
-.035
.028
.021
-.105
p
.106
.10
.648
.583
.103
.203
.350
.457
.648
.729
.781
.189
LDL-C
r
-.190
.067
-.111
.097
-.030
.080
-.101
.089
-.057
.017
.075
.121
  p .013 .401 .148 .225 .698 .318 .186 .264 .461 .830 .329 .130

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.