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. 2021 Jan 28;13(2):413. doi: 10.3390/nu13020413

Table 3.

Correlation heatmap of adiposity indices, glyco-metabolic indices, lipids, TG/HDL-C ratio, VAI and blood pressure.

BMI BMI z-Score WC WHR ABSI Glucose HOMA—IR HOMA -β QUICKI TyG TG TC HDL-C LDL-C TG/HDL Ratio VAI SBP DBP
index
BMI ρ 1.00
p
BMI z-score ρ 0.45 1.00
p <0.001
WC ρ 0.82 0.37 1.00 ρ
p <0.001 <0.001 −1.00
WHR ρ 0.50 0.53 0.66 1.00 −0.75
p <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 −0.50
ABSI ρ −0.19 0.11 0.30 0.52 1.00 −0.25
p <0.001 0.008 <0.001 <0.001 0.00
Glucose ρ 0.19 0.11 0.14 0.07 −0.09 1.00 0.25
p <0.001 0.008 0.001 0.101 0.032 0.50
HOMA—IR ρ 0.40 0.16 0.36 0.22 −0.07 0.43 1.00 0.75
p <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.115 <0.001 1.00
HOMA -β ρ 0.29 0.09 0.27 0.17 −0.03 −0.29 0.70 1.00
p <0.001 0.028 <0.001 <0.001 0.502 <0.001 <0.001
QUICKI ρ −0.40 −0.16 −0.35 −0.22 0.07 −0.43 −1.00 −0.70 1.00
p <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.109 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
TyG index ρ 0.15 0.06 0.19 0.18 0.08 0.14 0.44 0.35 −0.44 1.00
p <0.001 0.149 <0.001 <0.001 0.051 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
TG ρ 0.12 0.04 0.17 0.17 0.09 −0.03 0.36 0.40 −0.36 0.98 1.00
p 0.002 0.265 <0.001 <0.001 0.025 0.538 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
TC ρ 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.14 0.09 0.10 0.13 0.04 −0.14 0.40 0.39 1.00
p 0.091 0.01 0.065 <0.001 0.024 0.011 0.001 0.303 0.001 <0.001 <0.001
HDL-C ρ −0.15 0.03 −0.20 −0.13 −0.06 0.08 −0.21 −0.30 0.21 −0.34 −0.35 0.19 1.00
p <0.001 0.425 <0.001 0.001 0.111 0.049 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
LDL-C ρ 0.08 0.09 0.09 0.13 0.07 0.09 0.17 0.10 −0.18 0.36 0.35 0.88 −0.11 1.00
p 0.042 0.019 0.032 0.001 0.066 0.019 <0.001 0.011 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.007
TG/HDL ratio ρ 0.16 0.03 0.21 0.19 0.10 −0.05 0.37 0.43 −0.37 0.91 0.93 0.25 −0.65 0.32 1.00
p <0.001 0.475 <0.001 <0.001 0.017 0.228 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
VAI ρ 0.21 −0.02 0.26 0.23 0.10 −0.06 0.38 0.46 −0.38 0.86 0.88 0.21 −0.63 0.28 0.95 1.00
p <0.001 0.716 <0.001 <0.001 0.015 0.116 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
SBP ρ 0.39 0.05 0.31 0.04 −0.21 0.12 0.24 0.19 −0.24 0.12 0.11 −0.02 −0.08 0.02 0.11 0.11 1.00
p <0.001 0.254 <0.001 0.288 <0.001 0.004 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.004 0.009 0.71 0.042 0.646 0.007 0.009
DBP ρ 0.41 0.22 0.43 0.23 0.06 0.13 0.13 0.06 −0.13 −0.02 −0.04 0.03 −0.04 0.04 −0.01 0.03 0.41 1.00
p <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.166 0.002 0.002 0.13 0.002 0.579 0.376 0.519 0.314 0.307 0.881 0.456 <0.001

Body Mass Index z-score (BMI z-score), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHR), A Body Shape Index (ABSI), Homeostatic Model Assessment Index—Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), Homeostatic Model Assessment Index -β (HOMA-β), Quantitative Insulin sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI), Triglyceride Glucose Index (TyG index), Triglycerides (TG), Total cholesterol (TC), High-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), Low-Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), Triglycerides-to-HDL ratio (TG/HDL ratio), Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI), Systolic blood pressure (SBP), Diastolic blood pressure (DBP). ρ: Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Color coding according to Spearman correlation coefficient (ρ).