TABLE 3.
Correlation study between various research parameters in the study population
| Correlation Parameters | Patient group | Control group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | |
| Age and BMI | 0.381** | .006 | 0.260 | .068 |
| Age and SBP | 0.062 | .667 | 0.137 | .342 |
| Age and DBP | −0.082 | .573 | 0.279* | .049 |
| Age and MDA | 0.149 | .301 | 0.085 | .556 |
| Age and Vitamin C | 0.058 | .689 | −0.014 | .941 |
| BMI and SBP | −0.061 | .674 | 0.145 | .316 |
| BMI and DBP | −0.138 | .339 | 0.025 | .863 |
| BMI and MDA | 0.130 | .367 | 0.072 | .621 |
| BMI and Vitamin C | −0.017 | .905 | −0.014 | .940 |
| SBP and DBP | 0.545** | .000 | 0.549** | .000 |
| SBP and MDA | −0.431** | .002 | 0.206 | .152 |
| SBP and Vitamin C | 0.166 | .251 | 0.200 | .290 |
| DBP and MDA | −0.185 | .197 | 0.077 | .597 |
| DBP and Vitamin C | 0.217 | .130 | −0.005 | .980 |
| MDA and Vitamin C | −0.132 | .359 | −0.229 | .224 |
Note: r, Correlation co‐efficient; P, significance; values with negative sign indicate an inverse correlation; **P < .01, *P < .05 indicates correlation is significant at .01 and .05 level (two‐tailed).