Table 3.

Spearman’s correlation of individual anthropometric indices with blood pressure stratified by gender.

Anthropometric indices	Systolic blood pressure		Diastolic blood pressure
	rs	p	rs	p
WC (cm)	0.236	< 0.001	0.256	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.260	< 0.001	0.264	< 0.001
WHR	0.110	< 0.001	0.080	< 0.001
WHtR	0.205	< 0.001	0.230	< 0.001
ABSI (m7/6/kg2/3)	0.009	0.515	0.031	0.026
AVI (cm2)	0.238	< 0.001	0.259	< 0.001
BAI (%)	0.137	< 0.001	0.181	< 0.001
BRI	0.205	< 0.001	0.230	< 0.001
CI (m2/3/kg1/2)	0.088	< 0.001	0.115	< 0.001
Male (n = 2464)
WC (cm)	0.239	< 0.001	0.236	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.252	< 0.001	0.218	< 0.001
WHR	0.079	< 0.001	0.084	< 0.001
WHtR	0.235	< 0.001	0.215	< 0.001
ABSI (m7/6/kg2/3)	0.040	0.047	0.061	0.003
AVI (cm2)	0.244	< 0.001	0.238	< 0.001
BAI (%)	0.198	< 0.001	0.159	< 0.001
BRI	0.235	< 0.001	0.215	< 0.001
CI (m2/3/kg1/2)	0.116	< 0.001	0.129	< 0.001
Female (n = 2671)
WC (cm)	0.291	< 0.001	0.286	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.293	< 0.001	0.304	< 0.001
WHR	0.131	< 0.001	0.076	< 0.001
WHtR	0.277	< 0.001	0.270	< 0.001
ABSI (m7/6/kg2/3)	0.042	0.028	0.013	0.498
AVI (cm2)	0.292	< 0.001	0.289	< 0.001
BAI (%)	0.225	< 0.001	0.250	< 0.001
BRI	0.277	< 0.001	0.270	< 0.001
CI (m2/3/kg1/2)	0.114	< 0.001	0.119	< 0.001

WC waist circumference, BMI body mass index, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist to height ratio, ABSI a body shape index, AVI abdominal volume index, BAI body adiposity index, BRI body roundness index, CI conicity index.