Table 2. Correlation coefficients between anthropometrical parameters and clinical and metabolic variables with and without adjustment by age and total body fat mass.
| Variables | SAD | BMI | WC | WHR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | r* | r | r* | r | r* | r | r* | |
| BMI a | 0.88† | ——— | ——— | ——— | 0.87† | ——— | 0.53† | ——— |
| WC a | 0.87† | 0.58† | 0.87† | 0.57† | ——— | ——— | 0.77† | 0.79† |
| WHR a | 0.62† | 0.48† | 0.53† | 0.30† | 0.77† | 0.79† | ——— | ——— |
| SAD a | ——— | ——— | 0.88† | 0.51† | 0.86† | 0.58† | 0.62† | 0.48† |
| Age a | 0.37† | ——— | 0.32† | ——— | 0.36† | ——— | 0.46† | ——— |
| Systolic blood pressure a | 0.39† | 0.17† | 0.42† | 0.22† | 0.35† | 0.15† | 0.26† | 0.12† |
| Diastolic blood pressure a | 0.42† | 0.14† | 0.43† | 0.19† | 0.38† | 0.14† | 0.31† | 0.11§ |
| Triglycerides a | 0.32† | 0.22† | 0.25† | 0.09§ | 0.28† | 0.18† | 0.31† | 0.23† |
| HDL cholesterol a | -0.33† | -0.21† | -0.31† | -0.19† | -0.32† | -0.21† | -0.31† | -0.22† |
| Glucose a | 0.21† | 0.11§ | 0.22† | 0.20† | 0.22† | 0.16† | 0.23† | 0.09§ |
| Insulin a | 0.40† | 0.22† | 0.39† | 0.17† | 0.35† | 0.11§ | 0.22† | 0.14† |
| Adiponectin a | -0.27† | -0.08§ | -0.30† | -0.11§ | -0.30† | -0.14† | -0.23† | -0.13† |
| Uric acid a | 0.39† | 0.14† | 0.42† | 0.15† | 0.35† | 0.08 | 0.26† | 0.09 |
| Gamma glutamyltransferase a | 0.35† | 0.20† | 0.33† | 0.17† | 0.31† | 0.19† | 0.33† | 0.29† |
| Alanine aminotransferase a | 0.27† | 0.12† | 0.29† | 0.14† | 0.26† | 0.12§ | 0.26† | 0.21† |
| Aspartate aminotransferase a | 0.14† | 0.09§ | 0.15† | 0.11§ | 0.12† | 0.08 | 0.19† | 0.15† |
SAD = sagittal abdominal diameter, WC = waist circumference, WHR = waist-to-hip ratio.
a Total Sample, n = 824.
r = Spearman’s correlation coefficient.
r * = partial correlation coefficient adjusted by age and total body fat mass.
†p < 0.001.
§ p < 0.05.