Table 4.

Standardized beta coefficients and partial correlations^a relating each body mass measure with BP

	Systolic BP					Diastolic BP
	r	Beta	95% CI		P	r	Beta	95% CI		P
Model 1b
BMI	0.15	3.98	2.81	5.16	0.000	0.22	3.23	2.59	3.87	0.000
FFMI	0.15	3.64	2.55	4.74	0.000	0.18	2.39	1.79	2.99	0.000
FMI	0.13	3.22	2.13	4.31	0.000	0.21	2.86	2.26	3.45	0.000
Model 2c
FFMI	0.07	2.61	1.03	4.18	0.001	0.04	0.68	−0.18	1.54	0.119
FMI	0.03	1.51	−0.61	3.63	0.162	0.06	1.60	0.45	2.75	0.006

^a Results are r (partial Pearson's correlation coefficient) and standardized beta coefficients (95% CI)

^b Model 1 adjust for age, gender, tribe, urban/rural, education, smoking and alcohol intake

^c Model 2 includes body weight (kg) plus all the other covariates included in model 1