Table 3.

Spearman Correlation Coefficient between Anthropometric Indices and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

Variables	BMI	WC	WHR	WHtR
Overall (n = 537)
SBP	0.115**	0.124**	0.070	0.114**
DBP	0.082	0.139**	0.035	0.095*
TC	0.097*	0.108*	0.058	0.138**
TG	0.219**	0.178**	0.032	0.171**
HDL-C	−0.166**	−0.123**	−0.023	−0.044
LDL-C	0.160**	0.160**	0.075	0.161**
Male (124)
SBP	0.055	0.170	0.073	0.164
DBP	−0.023	0.228*	0.063	0.147
TC	0.122	0.040	−0.030	0.118
TG	0.268**	0.179*	0.033	0.195*
HDL-C	−0.156	−0.075	− 0.094	−0.015
LDL-C	0.188*	0.101	−0.017	0.137
Female (413)
SBP	0.162**	0.120*	0.068	0.079
DBP	0.122*	0.119*	0.029	0.074
TC	0.131**	0.151**	0.082	0.108*
TG	0.226**	0.183**	0.022	0.142**
HDL-C	−0.132**	−0.126*	−0.014	−0.104*
LDL-C	0.188**	0.194**	0.097*	0.141**

The associations between anthropometric measures and CVD risk factors were examined using Spearman’s correlation coefficients

** All are significant at the level of< 0.01(2-tailed)

* All are significant at the level of< 0.05(2-tailed)