Table 2.

Partial correlations between anthropometric indices with metabolic variables

	WHtR		BRI		WWI		AVI		ABSI
	coe	p	coe	p	coe	p	coe	p	coe	p
Male
SBP	0.099	0.001	0.101	< 0.001	0.029	0.307	0.1	0.001	− 0.008	0.769
DBP	0.159	< 0.001	0.159	< 0.001	0.103	< 0.001	0.158	< 0.001	0.068	0.019
FBG	0.137	< 0.001	0.136	< 0.001	0.096	< 0.001	0.122	< 0.001	0.06	0.036
TG	0.177	< 0.001	0.176	< 0.001	0.146	< 0.001	0.162	< 0.001	0.112	< 0.001
HDL-C	− 0.184	< 0.001	− 0.182	< 0.001	− 0.134	< 0.001	− 0.192	< 0.001	− 0.111	< 0.001
LDL-C	0.103	< 0.001	0.099	0.001	0.062	0.031	0.082	0.004	0.026	0.374
Female
SBP	0.111	< 0.001	0.116	< 0.001	0.088	< 0.001	0.117	< 0.001	0.076	0.002
DBP	0.086	< 0.001	0.09	< 0.001	0.068	0.005	0.101	< 0.001	0.063	0.01
FBG	0.141	< 0.001	0.15	< 0.001	0.14	< 0.001	0.134	< 0.001	0.122	< 0.001
TG	0.205	< 0.001	0.218	< 0.001	0.203	< 0.001	0.216	< 0.001	0.183	< 0.001
HDL-C	− 0.172	< 0.001	− 0.168	< 0.001	− 0.102	< 0.001	− 0.192	< 0.001	− 0.078	0.001
LDL-C	0.08	0.001	0.077	0.001	0.075	0.002	0.056	0.022	0.053	0.028

The partial correlation is adjusted for age, UA and CRP. Bold indicates the strongest related anthropometric indices for different metabolic variables

WtHR waist-to-height ratio, BRI body roundness index, WWI weight adjusted waist index, AVI abdominal volume index, ABSI a body shape index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol