Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between anthropometric indices and CVD risk factors among men and women

	Men			Women
	BMI	WC	WHtR	BMI	WC	WHtR
SBP	0.25 (0.24,0.27)	0.23 (0.21,0.24)	0.27 (0.25,0.28)	0.30 (0.29,0.31)	0.32 (0.31,0.34)	0.36 (0.34,0.37)
DBP	0.26 (0.25,0.28)	0.22 (0.21,0.24)	0.22 (0.20,0.23)	0.25 (0.24,0.27)	0.21 (0.20,0.22)	0.21 (0.20,0.23)
FPG	0.10 (0.09,0.12)	0.09 (0.07,0.10)	0.11 (0.09,0.12)	0.15 (0.14,0.17)	0.14 (0.13,0.16)	0.16 (0.15,0.17)
Hb1Ac	0.15 (0.14,0.17)	0.15 (0.13,0.17)	0.18 (0.16,0.19)	0.23 (0.21,0.24)	0.25 (0.24,0.27)	0.28 (0.27,0.29)
TC	0.07 (0.06,0.09)	0.07 (0.06,0.09)	0.08 (0.06,0.09)	0.09 (0.08,0.10)	0.12 (0.11,0.13)	0.14 (0.13,0.15)
TG	0.23 (0.22,0.25)	0.23 (0.22,0.25)	0.20 (0.19,0.22)	0.21 (0.20,0.22)	0.22 (0.21,0.23)	0.22 (0.21,0.24)
HDL-C	−0.32(−0.33, −0.30)	−0.30(−0.31, −0.28)	−0.26(−0.27, −0.24)	−0.25(−0.27, −0.21)	−0.23(−0.25, −0.19)	−0.21(−0.23, −0.18)
LDL-C	0.04 (0.02,0.05)	0.03 (0.01,0.05)	0.04 (0.03,0.06)	0.08 (0.07,0.09)	0.10 (0.09,0.12)	0.12 (0.10,0.13)
UA	0.23 (0.21,0.24)	0.22 (0.20,0.23)	0.19 (0.18,0.21)	0.31 (0.30,0.33)	0.29 (0.28,0.30)	0.29 (0.28,0.30)

Data are correlation coefficients and 95% confidence intervals

All correlation coefficients are significant at p < 0.001

CVD: cardiovascular diseases. Other abbreviations see Table 1