Table 2.

Correlations between body composition indices and metabolic parameters

Items	BMI	BFP	WHtR	WHR	SBP	DBP	LDL-C	TC	TG	HDL-C	FBG	2 h PBG	HOMA-IR	hs-CRP	WBC
Males
BMI	1.000	0.558*	0.809*	0.710*	0.281*	0.264*	0.096*	0.111*	0.327*	−0.295*	0.252*	0.121*	0.552*	0.206*	0.108*
BFP	0.558*	1.000	0.522*	0.792*	0.248*	0.290*	0.137*	0.137*	0.224*	−0.140*	0.200*	0.143*	0.390*	0.241*	0.101*
WHtR	0.809*	0.522*	1.000	0.655*	0.254*	0.234*	0.102*	0.119*	0.315*	−0.255*	0.237*	0.155*	0.495*	0.210*	0.113*
WHR	0.710*	0.792*	0.655*	1.000	0.220*	0.242*	0.124*	0.120*	0.247*	−0.202*	0.239*	0.175*	0.440*	0.218*	0.080*
Females
BMI	1.000	0.618*	0.773*	0.814*	0.325*	0.287*	0.236*	0.161*	0.395*	−0.347*	0.286*	0.188*	0.484*	0.340*	0.173*
BFP	0.618*	1.000	0.535*	0.851*	0.402*	0.343*	0.236*	0.189*	0.299*	−0.188*	0.266*	0.186*	0.345*	0.326*	0.137*
WHtR	0.773*	0.535*	1.000	0.679*	0.324*	0.261*	0.247*	0.175*	0.415*	−0.327*	0.256*	0.214*	0.424*	0.316*	0.142*
WHR	0.814*	0.851*	0.679*	1.000	0.414*	0.357*	0.265*	0.203*	0.364*	−0.259*	0.301*	0.220*	0.410*	0.350*	0.143*

^*P<0.001. BMI: Body mass index; BFP: Body fat percentage; WHtR: Waist circumference-height ratio; WHR: Waist-hip ratio; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; 2 h PBG: 2 h postprandial blood glucose; HOMA-IR: Insulin resistance index; hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein; WBC: White blood cell.