. 2018 Sep 14;20(10):1438–1446. doi: 10.1111/jch.13366

Table 2.

Main correlations of anthropometric and ultrasonographic parameters in the entire study population

	PUFT	CR	RA	RA/CR	BMI	WC	WC/H	BSA
	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r
PUFT (cm)	1	0.267***	0.471***	0.311***	0.484***	0.461***	0.353***	0.420***
CR (cm)	0.267***	1	0.443***	−0.213***	0.193^**	0.196^**	0.161^**	0.155^**
RA (cm)	0.471***	0.443***	1	0.758***	0.433***	0.359***	0.317***	0.287***
RA/CR	0.311***	−0.213***	0.758***	1	0.350***	0.253***	0.221***	0.235^NS
BMI (Kg/m²)	0.484***	0.193^**	0.433***	0.350***	1	0.846***	0.788***	0.603***
WC (cm)	0.461***	0.196^**	0.359***	0.253***	0.846***	1	0.913***	0.527***
WC/H	0.353***	0.161^**	0.317***	0.221***	0.788***	0.913***	1	0.221***
BSA (m²)	0.420***	0.155^**	0.287***	0.235***	0.603***	0.527***	0.221***	1
Age (y)	0.231***	−0.029^NS	0.117^*	0.149^*	0.052^NS	0.078^NS	0.155^**	−0.132^*
Height (cm)	0.183^**	0.058^NS	0.045^NS	0.034^NS	−0.001^NS	0.035^NS	−0.370***	0.656***
Weight (Kg)	0.487***	0.175^**	0.369***	0.310***	0.824***	0.707***	0.429***	0.868***
Serum glucose (mg/dL)	0.287***	0.145^*	0.306***	0.193^**	0.283***	0.224***	0.222***	0.129^*
Serum uric acid (mg/dL)	0.299***	0.054^NS	0.152^**	0.137^*	0.297***	0.294***	0.298***	0.147^*
Serum total cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.138^*	−0.016^NS	−0.083^NS	−0.094^NS	−0.041^NS	0.022^NS	0.013^NS	−0.030^NS
LDL‐C (mg/dL)	−0.216***	0.033^NS	−0.094^NS	−0.121^*	−0.100^NS	−0.025^NS	−0.011^NS	−0.048^NS
HDL‐C (mg/dL)	−0.324***	−0.074^NS	−0.143^*	−0.105^NS	−0.243***	−0.181^**	−0.087^NS	−0.291***
Serum tryglicerides (mg/dL)	0.200^**	0.053^NS	0.059^NS	0.035^NS	0.273***	0.203***	0.160^**	0.245***
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.324***	0.033^NS	0.137^*	0.127^*	0.112^NS	0.144^*	0.085^NS	0.110^NS
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m²)	−0.284***	0.013^NS	−0.086^NS	−0.091^NS	−0.109^NS	−0.127^*	−0.122^*	0.010^NS
Serum sodium (mEq/L)	−0.049^NS	−0.005^NS	−0.067^NS	−0.068^NS	−0.087^NS	0.044^NS	0.006^NS	0.031^NS
Serum potassium (mEq/L)	0.216***	0.088^NS	0.225***	0.180^**	0.209***	0.128^*	0.088^NS	0.181^**
Systolic BP (mmHg)	0.001^NS	−0.062^NS	0.021^NS	0.077^NS	0.008^NS	−0.019^NS	−0.015^NS	−0.013^NS
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	−0.119^*	0.001^NS	−0.102^NS	−0.111^NS	−0.010^NS	0.084^NS	0.064^NS	0.037^NS
Mean BP (mmHg)	−0.070^NS	−0.032^NS	−0.050^NS	−0.026^NS	−0.002^NS	0.040^NS	0.031^NS	0.016^NS
Pulse pressure (mmHg)	0.087^NS	−0.078^NS	0.099^NS	0.177^**	0.018^NS	−0.084^NS	−0.064^NS	−0.043^NS
Heart rate (beats)	0.122^*	0.043^NS	0.089^NS	0.037^NS	0.091^NS	0.174^**	0.173^**	0.002^NS

BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure.; BSA, body surface area; CR, cutis‐rectis thickness; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; PUFT, Para‐perirenal ultrasonographic fat thickness (PUFT); RA, rectis‐aorta thickness; WC, waist circumference; WC/H, waist circumference/body height.

^NS

p>0.05.

P ≤ 0.05.

^**

P ≤ 0.01.

^***

P ≤ 0.001.