Table 2.

Relationships between a single anthropometric measurement and biological variables

Variable	BMI Z score	Waist C Z score	WHtR	WHR Z score
Pearson’s R
Fasting glucose	0.235*	0.176*	0.193*	0.057
Fasting insulina	0.490**	0.483**	0.463**	0.295**
HOMA IRa	0.493**	0.480**	0.463**	0.290**
QUICKI	−0.475**	−0.463**	−0.444**	−0.283**
Triglyceridesa	0.205*	0.270**	0.250**	0.249**
HDL cholesterola	−0.205*	−0.293**	−0.252**	−0.273**
LDL cholesterol	−0.047	−0.013	0.003	0.018
SBP Z score	0.385**	0.389**	0.433**	0.198*
DBP Z score	0.392**	0.353**	0.418**	0.186*
CRPa	0.374**	0.388**	0.472**	0.261**
Fibrinogena	0.341**	0.316**	0.375**	0.193*
Adiponectina	−0.187*	−0.277**	−0.201*	−0.279**
Leptina	0.551**	0.498**	0.546**	0.119
Resistina	0.229*	0.181*	0.191*	0.064

Data are Pearson’s R (univariate linear analysis) for single biological variables

^* P-value < 0.05; ^** P-value < 0.001

^aLog-transformed variables