[Table/Fig-5]:

Correlation coefficient between Cortisol and other variables in cases (Overall, stressed and Non Stressed after excluding the subjects with habits (Smoking, Tobacco chewing and Alcohol consumption) as per PSS reference cut off value)

Variables	Overall (n=76) ‘r’ value	p-value	Stressed (n=29) ‘r’ value	p-value	Non stressed (n= 47) ‘r’ value	p-value
Age (Years)	-0.016	0.445	0.206	0.142	0.095	0.262
W/H Ratio	0.395	0.000*	0.478	0.004*	-0.075	0.307
Systolic Blood pressure (mm Hg)	-0.082	0.240	-0.136	0.241	0.075	0.308
Diastolic Blood pressure (mm Hg)	-0.051	0.331	-0.003	0.493	0.038	0.401
Blood Glucose(Fasting) (mg /dl)	0.383	0.000*	0.343	0.034**	-0.021	0.443
HbA1c (%)	0.491	0.000*	0.407	0.014*	-0.033	0.414
Triglyceride (mg /dl)	0.071	0.272	-0.010	0.479	0.207	0.082
Total cholesterol (mg /dl)	-0.063	0.393	-0.220	0.125	-0.034	0.410
HDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	-0.193	0.047	-0.173	0.185	0.103	0.246
LDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	-0.060	0.303	-0.175	0.182	-0.109	0.233
VLDL cholesterol (mg /dl)	0.070	0.272	-0.010	0.479	0.207	0.082
Perceived stress scale	0.711	0.000*	0.500	0.003*	0.110	0.232

[*= statistically significant at 0.01] [**= statistically significant at 0.05]