Table 2. Age- and sex-adjusted partial correlation coefficients between anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic variables.
Indices | FPG | TC | nHDL | LDL | HDL | TG | SBP | DBP |
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Total | ||||||||
BMI percentile | 0.093 | 0.074 | 0.166 | 0.119 | -0.180 | 0.216 | 0.290 | 0.190 |
WC percentile | 0.112 | 0.069 | 0.159 | 0.113 | -0.174 | 0.207 | 0.279 | 0.189 |
waist-height ratio | 0.095 | 0.132 | 0.234 | 0.172 | -0.189 | 0.275 | 0.248 | 0.167 |
waist-hip ratio | 0.096 | 0.114 | 0.182 | 0.143 | -0.123 | 0.187 | 0.119 | 0.047 |
Boys | ||||||||
BMI percentile | 0.099 | 0.111 | 0.210 | 0.158 | -0.190 | 0.243 | 0.329 | 0.208 |
WC percentile | 0.116 | 0.079 | 0.185 | 0.130 | -0.209 | 0.243 | 0.338 | 0.232 |
waist-height ratio | 0.099 | 0.154 | 0.270 | 0.196 | -0.219 | 0.327 | 0.310 | 0.221 |
waist-hip ratio | 0.115 | 0.130 | 0.220 | 0.166 | -0.169 | 0.249 | 0.178 | 0.108 |
Girls | ||||||||
BMI percentile | 0.085 | 0.029 | 0.117 | 0.074 | -0.179 | 0.187 | 0.256 | 0.173 |
WC percentile | 0.107 | 0.056 | 0.129 | 0.093 | -0.142 | 0.170 | 0.221 | 0.144 |
waist-height ratio | 0.086 | 0.093 | 0.187 | 0.138 | -0.180 | 0.217 | 0.195 | 0.110 |
waist-hip ratio | 0.077 | 0.104 | 0.145 | 0.121 | -0.068 | 0.126 | 0.053 | -0.021 |
Note: All the correlation coefficients between anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic variables were statistically significant regardless of sex (P values <0.05).