. 2019 Jan 25;14(1):e0209992. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209992

Table 2. Spearman correlation coefficient between adiposity index and components of metabolic syndrome.

	CUN-BAE	BMI	WHtR	BRI	ABSI
Global n = 2478
SBP	-0.028	0.101^**	0.101^**	0.082^**	0.059^*
DBP	-0.025	0.160^**	0.070^**	0.062^**	0.049^*
FPG	0.155^**	0.260^**	0.279^**	0.214^**	0.062^**
HbA1c	0.212^**	0.241^**	0.287^**	0.243^**	0.064^**
HDL-Cholesterol	0.030	-0.207^**	-0.135^**	-0.110^**	-0.005
Triglycerides	0.078^**	0.215^**	0.164^**	0.107^**	-0.026
Males n = 1520
SBP	0.128^**	0.115^**	0.115^**	0.100^**	0.027
DBP	0.124^**	0.178^**	0.088^**	0.093^**	-0.062^*
FPG	0.197^**	0.196^**	0.264^**	0.204^**	0.047
HbA1c	0.256^**	0.242^**	0.255^**	0.221^**	0.061^*
HDL-Cholesterol	-0.196^**	-0.222^**	-0.139^**	-0.141^**	-0.105^**
Triglycerides	0.139^**	0.191^**	0.115^**	0.086^**	-0.097^**
Females n = 958
SBP	0.118^**	0.099^**	0.121^**	0.117^**	0.111^**
DBP	0.133^**	0.151^**	0.079^*	0.120^*	0.074^*
FPG	0.273^**	0.253^**	0.302^**	0.218^**	0.231^**
HbA1c	0.277^**	0.265^**	0.320^**	0.236^**	0.254^**
HDL-Cholesterol	-0.189^**	-0.211^**	-0.191^**	-0.162^**	-0.143^**
Triglycerides	0.246^**	0.255^**	0.249^**	0.180^**	0.180^**

Adiposity index with highest correlation coefficient for each variable in bold.

Abbreviations: CUN-BAE, Clínica Universidad de Navarra—Body Adiposity Estimator. BMI, body mass index. WHtR, waist-to-height ratio. BRI, body roundness index. ABSI, a body shape index. SBP, systolic blood pressure. DBP, diastolic blood pressure. FPG, fasting plasma glucose. HbA1C, glycosylated hemoglobin. HDL, high density lipoprotein.

Spearman Correlation

* p<0.05,

**p<0.01.