Table 3.

Correlations between cortisol, aldosterone, NT-proBNP and hs-CRP and metabolic risk factors among studied groups

	Cortisol	Aldosterone	NT-proBNP	hs-CRP
Systolic BP	r = 0.926 P < 0.001	r = 0.925 P < 0.001	r = 0.889 P < 0.001	r = 0.948 P < 0.001
Diastolic BP	r = 0.769 P < 0.001	r = 0.74 P < 0.001	r = 0.805 P < 0.001	r = 0.774 P < 0.001
Glucose (mg/dl)	r = 0.891 P < 0.001	r = 0.885 P < 0.001	r = 0.89 P < 0.001	r = 0.916 P < 0.001
Insulin (µIU/ml)	r = 0.963 P < 0.001	r = 0.974 P < 0.001	r = 0.856 P < 0.001	r = 0.957 P < 0.001
TG (mg/dl)	NS	NS	r = 0.414 P < 0.05	r = 0.301 P < 0.05
TC (mg/dl)	r = 0.216 P < 0.05	NS	r = 0.431 P < 0.05	r = 0.298 P < 0.05
LDL-C (mg/dl)	NS	NS	r = 0.438 P < 0.05	r = 0.302 <0.05
HDL-C (mg/dl)	NS	NS	NS	NS

Values are Pearson’s correlations using SPSS program