. 2018 Aug 31;13(8):e0203049. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203049

Table 3. Linear regression models were used to find Pearson correlation coefficients and part correlations, with adjustments for age as a covariate, between anthropometric measurements of central adiposity and biomarkers of cardiometabolic disease.

	Pearson correlation coefficients (r)						Part correlation coefficients, accounting for age
	Seated		Supine				Seated		Supine
	AC (cm)	WC (cm)	AC (cm)	WC (cm)	HC (cm)	Waist:hip ratio	AC (cm)	WC (cm)	AC (cm)	WC (cm)	HC (cm)	Waist:hip ratio
*Blood Pressure*
SYS	0.05	0.19	0.11	0.19	0.27	-0.01	0.04	0.24	0.13	0.24	0.27	-0.04
DIA	0.10	0.23	0.09	0.25	-0.07	0.44^†	-0.12	0.08	-0.11	0.09	-0.15	0.37
*Whole-body Physiology*
VO₂ peak	-0.05	0.15	-0.40	-0.44	-0.22	-0.39	-0.05	0.15	0.06	0.06	-0.05	0.16
BMR	-0.08	0.06	-0.05	-0.07	0.32	-0.23	0.17	0.33	0.18	0.38	0.42^†	-0.04
*Lipid Profile*
LDL-C	0.35	0.42	0.33	0.33	0.48^†	-0.03	0.55^*	0.61^*	0.50^†	0.54^†	0.51^†	0.02
HDL-C	-0.16	-0.11	-0.06	-0.08	0.21	-0.34	0.07	0.12	0.19	0.20	0.31	-0.18
Non-HDL	0.55^*	0.53^†	0.50^†	0.51^†	0.49^†	0.20	0.58^*	0.54^†	0.50^†	0.54^†	0.46^†	0.10
Total cholesterol	0.48^†	0.47^†	0.46^†	0.47^†	0.53^†	0.10	0.58^*	0.55^†	0.53^†	0.57^*	0.52^†	0.04
TG⁺	0.51^†	0.34	0.44^†	0.45^†	0.09	0.53^†	0.19	-0.09	0.11	0.10	-0.07	0.22
FFA	0.10	0.09	0.17	0.20	-0.10	0.36	0.09	0.08	0.15	0.19	-0.14	0.44
*Carbohydrate Profile*
HbA1c	0.29	0.16	0.20	0.27	-0.16	0.52^†	-0.07	-0.22	-0.16	-0.11	0.31	0.24
S_i⁺	-0.49^†	-0.29	-0.47^†	-0.45^†	-0.16	-0.44	-0.18	0.13	-0.14	-0.07	0.01	-0.08
S_g⁺	0.11	0.09	0.14	0.07	0.35	-0.24	0.31	0.27	0.33	0.26	0.41	-0.20
*Inflammatory markers*
CRP⁺	0.18	0.09	0.10	0.10	0.02	0.13	0.13	0.01	0.17	0.21	0.05	0.21
TNF-α⁺	0.44^†	0.43	0.36	0.38	0.25	0.28	0.51^†	0.48^†	0.49^†	0.56^*	0.27	0.37
IL-6^-	-0.02	-0.05	-0.05	-0.09	-0.03	-0.08	0.04	-0.01	0.09	0.06	0.03	0.05

Abdominal circumference; AC, basal metabolic rate; BMR, c-reactive protein; CRP, diastolic blood pressure; DIA, free fatty acid; FFA, glucose effectiveness; S_g, glycated hemoglobin; HbA1c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, hip circumference; HC, insulin sensitivity; S_i, interleukin 6; IL-6, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, peak oxygen uptake; VO₂ peak, systolic blood pressure; SYS, triglycerides; TG, tumor necrosis factor alpha; TNF-α, waist circumference; WC.

⁺ positive skew (data was log transformed prior to analysis)

^- negative skew (data was reflected and log transformed prior to analysis).

†P < 0.05

* P < 0.01.