Table 2. Age-adjusted partial Pearson correlation coefficients between obesity measures and cardiometabolic markers in Hispanic/Latino women and men*.
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BMI | WC | WHR | WHtR | %BF | FMI | BMI | WC | WHR | WHtR | %BF | FMI | |
Obesity measures | ||||||||||||
WC | 0.87 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.91 | - | - | - | - | - |
WHR | 0.34 | 0.61 | - | - | - | - | 0.58 | 0.72 | - | - | - | - |
WHtR | 0.87 | 0.96 | 0.62 | - | - | - | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.74 | - | - | - |
%BF | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.34 | 0.78 | - | - | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.56 | 0.85 | - | - |
FMI | 0.94 | 0.85 | 0.35 | 0.82 | 0.98 | - | 0.94 | 0.88 | 0.58 | 0.89 | 0.96 | - |
Cardiometabolic makers | ||||||||||||
Systolic blood pressure | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
Diastolic blood pressure | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.10 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.35 | 0.34 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
LDL-cholesterol | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.16 |
HDL-cholesterol | -0.29 | -0.31 | -0.27 | -0.31 | -0.28 | -0.29 | -0.30 | -0.29 | -0.25 | -0.28 | -0.29 | -0.27 |
Triglycerides | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.30 |
Fasting glucose | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.10 |
2-h glucose | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.23 |
Fasting insulin | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.59 |
HOMA-IR | 0.53 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
Hemoglobin A1c | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Values are weighted to the target population and adjusted for age; participants receiving medications for hypertension, diabetes, or dyslipidemia were excluded from the analysis for all cardiometabolic markers; all correlations statistically significant P<0.002.
BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; %BF, percent body fat; FMI, fat mass index.