Table 3.

Partial correlation coefficients, between cardiometabolic biomarkers and health-related quality of life indices, and periodicity strength metrics (N = 20).

	M ± SD	Periodicity strength metrics
		Method 1	Method 2	Method 3	Method 4	Method 5
Waist circumference, in	66.82 ± 35.10	0.28	0.27	0.25	0.30	‡
Systolic BP, mm Hg	138.6 ± 17.13	‡	‡	‡	‡	0.57∗
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	89 ± 16.32	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	177.4 ± 50.51	0.52†	0.68∗∗	0.57∗	0.46†	0.47†
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	33.9 ± 11.76	‡	‡	‡	‡	0.51†
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	109.7 ± 37.64	0.45†	0.57∗	0.46†	0.40	0.42
hs-CRP, mg/dL	7.76 ± 5.60	0.47†	0.38	0.30	0.53†	‡
Triglycerides, mg/dL	168.7 ± 74.06	0.77∗∗	0.86∗∗∗	0.81∗∗∗	0.75∗∗	‡
Plasma glucose, mg/dL	117.2 ± 50.69	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Insulin, pmol/L	44.58 ± 73.01	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Health-related quality of life	47.25 ± 13.03	0.37	0.54∗	0.55∗	0.37	0.52†

  ^∗∗∗ P < 0.001; ^∗∗ P < 0.01; ^∗ P < 0.05; ^† P < 0.10; ^‡ r < 0.25 and P > 0.0.

All models are adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, leisure-time physical activity, insomnia symptoms, and intervention assignment.