Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of clinical parameters with WHtR and among one another (n = 753) in the URMEL-ICE study

	Missing values	WHtR	HDL cholesterol	LDL cholesterol	Systolic blood pressure	Diastolic blood pressure	Intima media thickness
HDL cholesterol		−.18***
LDL cholesterol		.12**	−.11**
Systolic blood pressure		.27***	−.02	.04
Diastolic blood pressure		.07*	.02	−.01	0.54***
Intima media thicknessa	10	.03	−.01	−.02	.09*	.09*
Intra-abdominal fat thickness	10	.49***	−.20***	.02	.05	.05	.10**

^aSpearman’s correlation coefficient due to non-normality. WHtR (waist-to-height ratio), HDL (high density lipoprotein), LDL (low density lipoprotein)

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001