Table 4.

Correlations (R) between energy, food group serving intake, body mass index, blood pressure, waist-to-hip ratio and body adiposity index measured among Christian males and females.

Variables	Males (n = 51)					Females (n = 90)
	BMI (kg/m2)	SBP (mmHg)	DBP (mmHg)	WHR	BAI (cm/m1.5–18)	BMI (kg/m2)	SBP (mmHg)	DBP (mmHg)	WHR	BAI (cm/m1.5–18)
Energy (kcal)	0.348 **	0.325	0.197	0.285	0.341 **	0.278 *	0.279	0.185	0.242	0.242
Bread, grains, pasta	0.182	0.289	0.333 *	0.186	0.279	0.179	0.264	0.204	0.165	0.249
Milk and derivatives	0.184	0.124	0.097	0.219	0.272	0.002	0.101	0.068	0.134	0.231
Greens and vegetables	−0.169	−0.271	−0.166	−0.130	−0.299	−0.154	−0.251	−0.149	−0.124	−0.267
Fruit	−0.174	−0.232	−0.129	−0.146	−0.257	−0.165	−0.220	−0.110	−0.124	0.238
Legumes	−0.185	−0.163	−0.146	−0.103	−0.241	−0.167	−0.153	−0.138	−0.100	−0.235
Fish and seafood	−0.267	−0.259	−0.166	−0.109	−0.221	−0.251	−0.244	−0.123	−0.101	−0.216
Lean meats	−0.254	−0.212	−0.155	−0.250 *	−0.301	−0.231	−0.202	−0.149	−0.110	−0.277
Eggs	0.261	0.204	0.188	0.152	0.287	0.241	0.189	0.174	0.141	0.269
Sausages, fatty meats	0.310	0.328	0.187	0.265	0.332 *	0.287	0.287	0.162	0.226	0.299 *
Water	0.104	0.054	0.097	0.067	0.176	0.081	0.025	0.008	0.067	0.106
Sweets, snacks, soft drinks	0.309 **	0.288	0.210	0.274	0.333	0.296 *	0.258	0.199	0.249	0.287

Notes. BMI = Body mass index; SBP = Systolic blood pressure; DBP = Diastolic blood pressure; WHR = Waist-to-hip ratio; BAI = Body adiposity index. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.