Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical data and sex-specific Pearson correlations between waist to hip ratio or body mass index and baseline data.
| Total |
Pearson Correlation
Waist to Hip Ratio |
Pearson Correlation
Body Mass Index |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Age | 57.4 ± 9.0 | 0.05 | 0.11 | −0.11 | −0.07 |
| Female | 56.6 | - | - | - | - |
| African American | 18.0 | −0.18 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.28 |
| High School Graduate | 80.5 | −0.07 | −0.16 | −0.02† | −0.19 |
| ARIC | 80.4 | 0.01* | 0.01* | 0.10 | 0.07 |
| Medical History | |||||
| Diabetes | 6.5 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.20 |
| Hypertension | 39.4 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.16 | 0.25 |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 12.7 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.02€ | 0.04 |
| Current Smoker | 19.4 | −0.02† | <0.01* | −0.11 | −0.11 |
| Current Alcohol Use | 58.2 | 0.03£ | −0.11 | −0.02€ | −0.20 |
| ACE Inhibitor Use | 4.9 | 0.06† | 0.01* | 0.07£ | 0.08‡ |
| Physical Findings | |||||
| Systolic Blood Pressure | 122.2 ± 18.7 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.13 | 0.23 |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure | 72.5 ± 10.7 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.26 |
| LVH | 1.6 | <0.01* | 0.04 | 0.02€ | 0.02£ |
| Body Mass Index | 27.2 ± 4.9 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Waist to Hip Ratio | 0.92 ± 0.08 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| Laboratory Results | |||||
| Serum Creatinine | 0.9 ± 0.2 | −0.02† | <0.01* | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Estimated GFR | 90.4 ± 19.4 | −0.05 | 0.02€ | −0.02* | 0.07 |
| Hematocrit | 41.7 ± 3.8 | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Total Cholesterol | 213.9 ± 40.4 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.03£ |
| HDL Cholesterol | 52.7 ± 16.8 | −0.26 | −0.29 | −0.26 | −0.30 |
| Albumin | 4.1 ± 0.3 | −0.03£ | −0.05 | −0.01* | −0.20 |
ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein
Percent using ACE inhibitors is based only on Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) participants only.
All variables are % or mean ± standard deviation. Age is in years, blood pressure in mm Hg, body mass index in kg/m2, serum creatinine, total and HDL cholesterol in mg/dL, estimated GFR in mL/min/1.73 m2, hematocrit in %, and albumin in g/dL.
To convert creatinine to μmol/L, multiply by 88.4; to convert eGFR to mL/sec/1.73m2, multiply by 0.01667, to convert total and HDL cholesterol to mmol/L, multiply by 0.02586; and to convert albumin to g/L, multiply by 10.
P-value for Pearson correlations between clinical variables and WHR or BMI for all comparisons <0.001 except
>0.2;
<0.2;
<0.1;
<0.05; and
<0.01.