Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients analysis of relationships between a body shape index and variables.

Variables	Men	Women
Age (year)	0.442†	0.549†
Body mass index (kg/m2)	− 0.001	0.042
Height (m)	− 0.121†	− 0.226†
Weight (kg)	− 0.059†	− 0.063*
Waist circumference (cm)	0.477†	0.591†
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.100†	0.220†
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.040*	0.074*
Heart rate (bpm)	0.126†	0.112†
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	− 0.043*	0.045
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.084†	0.187†
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	− 0.087†	− 0.130†
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	− 0.036*	0.053
Glucose (mmol/L)	0.186†	0.189†
Framingham risk score (%)	0.238†	0.357†
FMD (%)	− 0.234†	− 0.319†

HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, FMD flow-mediated vasodilation.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients analysis of the relations between a body shape index and variables.

*P < 0.001.

^†P < 0.0001.