Table 5.

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

Variables	Males (n = 37)					Females (n = 79)
	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)	0.327 *	0.287	0.183	0.343 *	0.321	0.298 *	0.274	0.169	0.299 *	0.297
Bread, grains, pasta	0.187	0.212	0.199	0.177	0.251	0.164	0.189	0.174	0.141	0.197
Milk and derivatives	0.154	0.133	0.077	0.187	0.273	0.137	0.110	0.041	0.157	0.224
Greens and vegetables	−0.333 *	−0.273	−0.168	−0.117	−0.298 *	−0.219	−0.229	−0.082	−0.110	−0.231
Fruit	−0.173	−0.201	−0.132 *	−0.134	−0.237	−0.169	−0.189	−0.021	−0.109	−0.224
Legumes	−0.181	−0.291 **	−0.131	−0.110	−0.219	−0.157	−0.182	−0.114	−0.089	−0.194
Fish and seafood	−0.256	−0.299 *	−0.184 **	−0.112	−0.197	−0.259	−0.198	−0.087	−0.071	−0.184
Lean meats	−0.288 **	−0.232 *	−0.140	−0.246 *	−0.294 **	−0.127	−0.154	−0.121	−0.135	−0.288
Eggs	0.258	0.201	0.181	0.147	0.271	0.239	0.193	0.176	0.131	0.263
Sausages, fatty meats	0.312	0.315	0.174	0.242	0.357 *	0.297 *	0.298 *	0.151	0.237	0.288 *
Water	0.094	0.056	0.101	0.061	0.169	0.096	0.042	0.073	0.058	0.157
Sweets, snacks, soft drinks	0.298 **	0.261	0.201	0.256	0.327 **	0.289 *	0.250	0.179	0.245	0.301 *

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.