Table 3.

Correlation matrix of variables included in factor analysis among grandparental generation aged between 58.2 and 85.6 years (n = 234; male = 94; female = 146).

Variables	Age	Weight	BMI	Waist circumference	Hip circumference	WHR	Biceps skinfold	Triceps skinfold	SBP	DBP	Pulse rate	Pulse pressure
Age		0.511⁎⁎	0.529⁎⁎	0.392⁎⁎	0.457⁎⁎	0.154	0.422⁎⁎	0.435⁎⁎	0.216⁎	0.120	0.050	0.296⁎⁎
Weight	0.354⁎⁎		0.915⁎⁎	0.904⁎⁎	0.896⁎⁎	0.572⁎⁎	0.784	0.800⁎⁎	0.182	0.354⁎⁎	0.232	0.400
BMI	0.216⁎⁎	0.869⁎⁎		0.866⁎⁎	0.779⁎⁎	0.644⁎⁎	0.807⁎⁎	0.784⁎⁎	0.179	0.340⁎⁎	0.172	0.200
Waist circumference	0.287⁎⁎	0.870⁎⁎	0.816⁎⁎		0.826⁎⁎	0.791⁎⁎	0.772⁎⁎	0.752⁎⁎	0.152	0.307⁎⁎	0.164	0.058
Hip circumference	0.278⁎⁎	0.821⁎⁎	0.708⁎⁎	0.785⁎⁎		0.341⁎⁎	0.698⁎⁎	0.721⁎⁎	0.166⁎	0.306⁎⁎	0.226⁎	0.008
WHR	0.082	0.265⁎⁎	0.269⁎⁎	0.393⁎⁎	0.002		0.572⁎⁎	0.515⁎⁎	0.135	0.225⁎	0.045	0.036
Biceps skinfold	0.412⁎⁎	0.715⁎⁎	0.646⁎⁎	0.702⁎⁎	0.660⁎⁎	0.234⁎⁎		0.815⁎⁎	0.063	0.280⁎⁎	0.159	0.131
Triceps skinfold	0.489⁎⁎	0.740⁎⁎	0.702⁎⁎	0.751⁎⁎	0.707⁎⁎	0.253⁎⁎	0.852⁎⁎		0.172	0.276⁎⁎	0.121	0.018
SBP	0.267⁎⁎	0.027	0.066	0.082	0.190	0.170	0.054	0.058		0.694⁎⁎	0.284⁎⁎	0.815⁎⁎
DBP	0.147⁎	0.064	0.047	0.139⁎	0.002	0.192⁎	0.100	0.052	0.753⁎⁎		0.347⁎⁎	0.265⁎⁎
Pulse rate	0.043	0.062	0.109	0.037	0.143	0.047	0.159	0.173	0.046	0.187⁎		0.150
Pulse pressure	0.288⁎⁎	0.002	0.061	0.029	0.015	0.110	0.022	0.062	0.912⁎⁎	0.439⁎⁎	0.052

Upper triangle corresponds to correlation for male grandparents and lower triangle corresponds to correlation for female grandparents.

^⁎⁎Correlation is significant at 0.001 (two-tailed).

^⁎Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (two-tailed).