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. 2013 Jun 11;8(6):e65954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065954

Table 2. Correlations of anthropometric measurements with cardiometabolic risk factors.

Waist Hip Height Weight BAI BMI PBF
PBF (DXA) All 0.28 (P<0.0001) 0.53 (P<0.0001) −0.54 (P<0.0001) 0.15 (P = 0.0001) 0.78 (P<0.0001) 0.51 (P<0.0001)
Men 0.77 (P<0.0001) 0.70 (P<0.0001) 0.087 (P = 0.15) 0.76 (P<0.0001) 0.63 (P<0.0001) 0.79 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.67 (P<0.0001) 0.68 (P<0.0001) −0.041 (P = 0.44) 0.71 (P<0.0001) 0.69 (P<0.0001) 0.77 (P<0.0001)
LDL-C All 0.19 (P<0.0001) 0.076 (P = 0.056) 0.041 (P = 0.30) 0.15 (P = 0.0002) 0.033 (P = 0.40) 0.14 (P = 0.0003) −0.008 (P = 0.85)
Men 0.15 (P = 0.016) 0.11 (P = 0.088) −0.062 (P = 0.32) 0.10 (P = 0.10) 0.15 (P = 0.015) 0.14 (P = 0.024) 0.072 (P = 0.27)
Women 0.18 (P = 0.0004) 0.087 (P = 0.095) −0.088 (P = 0.089) 0.11 (P = 0.031) 0.12 (P = 0.021) 0.16 (P = 0.0026) 0.18 (P = 0.0011)
HDL-C All −0.32 (P<0.0001) −0.22 (P<0.0001) −0.27 (P<0.0001) −0.37 (P<0.0001) −0.008 (P = 0.84) −0.27 (P<0.0001) 0.11 (P = 0.0065)
Men −0.31 (P<0.0001) −0.26 (P<0.0001) −0.10 (P = 0.095) −0.33 (P<0.0001) −0.21 (P = 0.0005) −0.32 (P<0.0001) −0.26 (P<0.0001)
Women −0.26 (P<0.0001) −0.26 (P<0.0001) −0.11 (P = 0.040) −0.29 (P<0.0001) −0.21 (P<0.0001) −0.27 (P<0.0001) −0.13 (P = 0.022)
TG All 0.36 (P<0.0001) 0.18 (P<0.0001) 0.15 (P = 0.0001) 0.36 (P<0.0001) 0.054 (P = 0.17) 0.32 (P<0.0001) −0.031 (P = 0.45)
Men 0.35 (P<0.0001) 0.23 (P = 0.0001) 0.013 (P = 0.83) 0.33 (P<0.0001) 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.36 (P<0.0001) 0.26 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.31 (P<0.0001) 0.21 (P<0.0001) −0.078 (P = 0.13) 0.27 (P<0.0001) 0.24 (P<0.0001) 0.33 (P<0.0001) 0.21 (P<0.0001)
M/I All −0.42 (P<0.0001) −0.41 (P<0.0001) 0.045 (P = 0.27) −0.37 (P<0.0001) −0.37 (P<0.0001) −0.46 (P<0.0001) −0.36 (P<0.0001)
Men −0.53 (P<0.0001) −0.47 (P<0.0001) −0.081 (P = 0.19) −0.48 (P<0.0001) −0.42 (P<0.0001) −0.50 (P<0.0001) −0.45 (P<0.0001)
Women −0.43 (P<0.0001) −0.37 (P<0.0001) −0.044 (P = 0.42) −0.45 (P<0.0001) −0.34 (P<0.0001) −0.45 (P<0.0001) −0.46 (P<0.0001)
MCRI All −0.24 (P<0.0001) −0.22 (P<0.0001) −0.045 (P = 0.27) −0.22 (P<0.0001) −0.15 (P = 0.0002) −0.22 (P<0.0001) −0.15 (P = 0.0005)
Men −0.28 (P<0.0001) −0.27 (P<0.0001) −0.004 (P = 0.95) −0.21 (P = 0.0007) −0.27 (P<0.0001) −0.23 (P = 0.0002) −0.24 (P = 0.0002)
Women −0.23 (P<0.0001) −0.19 (P = 0.0005) −0.15 (P = 0.0078) −0.26 (P<0.0001) −0.12 (P = 0.033) −0.22 (P<0.0001) −0.21 (P = 0.0002)
Fasting Glucose All 0.24 (P<0.0001) 0.15 (P<0.0001) 0.086 (P = 0.024) 0.20 (P<0.0001) 0.064 (P = 0.093) 0.17 (P<0.0001) 0.007 (P = 0.87)
Men 0.11 (P = 0.054) 0.074 (P = 0.20) −0.016 (P = 0.78) 0.091 (P = 0.12) 0.084 (P = 0.15) 0.11 (P = 0.062) 0.12 (P = 0.0496)
Women 0.30 (P<0.0001) 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.024 (P = 0.64) 0.22 (P<0.0001) 0.20 (P<0.0001) 0.22 (P<0.0001) 0.13 (P = 0.015)
2-hour Glucose All 0.17 (P<0.0001) 0.16 (P<0.0001) −0.19 (P<0.0001) 0.12 (P = 0.0014) 0.25 (P<0.0001) 0.26 (P<0.0001) 0.26 (P<0.0001)
Men 0.19 (P = 0.0013) 0.098 (P = 0.094) −0.11 (P = 0.052) 0.18 (P = 0.002) 0.17 (P = 0.0033) 0.26 (P<0.0001) 0.21 (P = 0.0007)
Women 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.18 (P = 0.0004) −0.13 (P = 0.0099) 0.21 (P<0.0001) 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.27 (P<0.0001) 0.30 (P<0.0001)
Fasting Insulin All 0.54 (P<0.0001) 0.49 (P<0.0001) 0.084 (P = 0.038) 0.52 (P<0.0001) 0.35 (P<0.0001) 0.55 (P<0.0001) 0.30 (P<0.0001)
Men 0.60 (P<0.0001) 0.52 (P<0.0001) 0.087 (P = 0.15) 0.57 (P<0.0001) 0.46 (P<0.0001) 0.60 (P<0.0001) 0.49 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.55 (P<0.0001) 0.49 (P<0.0001) 0.20 (P = 0.0003) 0.57 (P<0.0001) 0.38 (P<0.0001) 0.52 (P<0.0001) 0.40 (P<0.0001)
Carotid IMT All 0.17 (P<0.0001) 0.095 (P = 0.016) 0.06 (P = 0.13) 0.18 (P<0.0001) 0.035 (P = 0.38) 0.17 (P<0.0001) −0.014 (P = 0.73)
Men 0.11 (P = 0.069) −0.016 (P = 0.80) −0.033 (P = 0.59) 0.039 (P = 0.53) 0.008 (P = 0.90) 0.058 (P = 0.34) −0.025 (P = 0.69)
Women 0.18 (P = 0.0004) 0.18 (P = 0.0004) −0.016 (P = 0.76) 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.18 (P = 0.0005) 0.25 (P<0.0001) 0.21 (P<0.0001)
SBP All 0.29 (P<0.0001) 0.17 (P<0.0001) 0.22 (P<0.0001) 0.33 (P<0.0001) −0.002 (P = 0.95) 0.25 (P<0.0001) −0.038 (P = 0.35)
Men 0.31 (P<0.0001) 0.22 (P<0.0001) 0.11 (P = 0.057) 0.31 (P<0.0001) 0.16 (P = 0.0073) 0.30 (P<0.0001) 0.24 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.19 (P = 0.0002) 0.04 (P = 0.43) 0.25 (P<0.0001) 0.17 (P = 0.0008) 0.25 (P<0.0001) 0.26 (P<0.0001)
DBP All 0.18 (P<0.0001) 0.029 (P = 0.44) 0.19 (P<0.0001) 0.20 (P<0.0001) −0.093 (P = 0.014) 0.12 (P = 0.0022) −0.066 (P = 0.10)
Men 0.18 (P = 0.0018) 0.025 (P = 0.67) 0.059 (P = 0.31) 0.14 (P = 0.015) −0.009 (P = 0.88) 0.13 (P = 0.025) 0.18 (P = 0.0025)
Women 0.12 (P = 0.019) 0.074 (P = 0.14) 0.026 (P = 0.60) 0.12 (P = 0.016) 0.07 (P = 0.16) 0.12 (P = 0.02) 0.19 (P = 0.0003)
CRP All 0.36 (P<0.0001) 0.42 (P<0.0001) −0.19 (P = 0.0003) 0.30 (P<0.0001) 0.44 (P<0.0001) 0.46 (P<0.0001) 0.51 (P<0.0001)
Men 0.28 (P = 0.0004) 0.22 (P = 0.0071) 0.02 (P = 0.81) 0.27 (P = 0.0006) 0.20 (P = 0.013) 0.29 (P = 0.0002) 0.33 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.54 (P<0.0001) 0.50 (P<0.0001) 0.042 (P = 0.55) 0.57 (P<0.0001) 0.45 (P<0.0001) 0.58 (P<0.0001) 0.60 (P<0.0001)
Adiponectin All −0.28 (P<0.0001) −0.14 (P = 0.0064) −0.16 (P = 0.0017) −0.29 (P<0.0001) −0.011 (P = 0.83) −0.23 (P<0.0001) 0.079 (P = 0.14)
Men −0.19 (P = 0.016) −0.15 (P = 0.069) 0.089 (P = 0.27) −0.18 (P = 0.027) −0.21 (P = 0.0093) −0.23 (P = 0.0033) −0.14 (P = 0.090)
Women −0.28 (P<0.0001) −0.20 (P = 0.0041) −0.12 (P = 0.079) −0.29 (P<0.0001) −0.12 (P = 0.072) −0.25 (P = 0.0002) −0.11 (P = 0.11)
PAI-1 All 0.34 (P<0.0001) 0.28 (P<0.0001) 0.008 (P = 0.88) 0.33 (P<0.0001) 0.21 (P<0.0001) 0.37 (P<0.0001) 0.15 (P = 0.0059)
Men 0.33 (P<0.0001) 0.24 (P = 0.0027) −0.024 (P = 0.76) 0.36 (P<0.0001) 0.25 (P = 0.0015) 0.40 (P<0.0001) 0.36 (P<0.0001)
Women 0.33 (P<0.0001) 0.33 (P<0.0001) −0.066 (P = 0.34) 0.31 (P<0.0001) 0.34 (P<0.0001) 0.35 (P<0.0001) 0.27 (P = 0.0001)

Data are correlation coefficients with P values in parentheses.