Table 3. Pearson’s Correlation Between Number of CVD Risk Factors Present and Other Parameters.

Number of risk factors versus	Pearson's correlation coefficient
	Total	Males	Females
Body Fat%	0.216**	0.372**	0.294**
Body water%	-0.217**	-0.372**	-0.299**
Body muscle%	-0.001	-0.365**	-0.244**
Bone mass	0.358**	0.433**	0.176*
BMI	0.389**	0.423**	0.289**
WHR	0.263**	0.335**	0.061
RBC	0.190**	0.089	-0.007
HGB	0.257**	0.106	0.121
HCT	0.214**	0.097	0.007
MCV	0.014	-0.016	0.012
Glucose	0.123*	0.197*	-0.063
Cholesterol	0.173**	0.271**	0.113
TG	0.509**	0.573**	0.385**
HDL-C	-0.496**	-0.564**	-0.394**
LDL-C	0.236**	0.230*	0.248**
Total PA	-0.336**	-0.228*	-0.482**

** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).