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. 2021 Feb 11;45(5):944–956. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00764-y

Table 3.

Pearson correlation test for region-specific correlation of obesity and insufficient physical activity (IPA) with diabetes.

Males Obesity IPA
Region R-squared P value R-squared P value
Central and Eastern Europe 0.019 0.567 0.007 0.765
Central Asia Middle East and North Africa 0.747 <0.0001 0.486 0.0002
East and South East Asia 0.491 0.0025 0.281 0.062
High-income Asia Pacific 0.098 0.797 Too few pairs (only two countries)
High-income Western Countries 0.134 0.06 0.243 0.014
Latin America and Caribbean 0.101 0.064 0.077 0.2
Oceania 0.827 <0.0001 0.134 0.015
South Asia 0.504 0.114 0.042 0.74
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.36 <0.0001 0.137 0.019
Females
Region R-squared P value R-squared P value
Central and Eastern Europe 0.045 0.372 0.671 0.0001
Central Asia Middle East and North Africa 0.669 <0.0001 0.396 0.0013
East and South East Asia 0.619 0.0003 0.105 0.281
High-income Asia Pacific 0.575 0.452 Too few pairs (only two countries)
High-income Western Countries 0.593 <0.0001 0.348 0.0024
Latin America and Caribbean 0.347 0.0002 0.003 0.816
Oceania 0.7 <0.0001 0.114 0.184
South Asia 0.737 0.029 0 0.96
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.55 <0.0001 0.106 0.041

IPA Insufficient physical activity.

P value not corrected for multiple testing.