. 2021 Sep;50(9):1863–1871. doi: 10.18502/ijph.v50i9.7059

Table 2:

Correlation between the metabolic syndrome components in the whole population and by gender

*Components* r *-value*	*Total*						*Male*						*Female*

	WC	FBS	TG	H DL	SBP	D BP	WC	FBS	TG	H DL	SBP	D BP	WC	FBS	TG	H DL	SBP	D BP
WC, cm	1						1						1
FBS, mg/dL	0.0^*	1					0.0^*	1					0.06	1
	7						8						*
	<0.						<0.						<0.
	001						001						001
TG, mg/dL	0.1^*	0.18	1				0.18	0.18	1				0.11	0.18	1
	4	^*					^*	^*					^*	^*
	<0.	<0.					<0.	<0.					<0.	<0.
	001	001					001	001					001	001
mg/dL HDL,	-	-	-	1			-	-	-	1			-	-	-	1
	0.08 ^*	0.02 0.07	0.29 ^*				0.06 ^*	0.03 ^*	0.28 ^*				0.12 ^*	0.010.41	0.30 ^*
	<0.	8	<0.				<0.	0.01	<0.				<0.	6	<0.
	001		001				001	8	001				001		001
SBP, mm/Hg	0.24	0.08	0.06	0.0	1		0.32	0.07	0.05	-	1		0.17	0.10	0.07	0.0	1
	^*	^*	^*	1			^*	^*	^*	0.0			^*	^*	^*	2
	<0.	<0.	<0.	0.1			<0.	<0.	<0.	02			<0.	<0.	<0.	0.0
	001	001	001	73			001	001	001	0.8			001	001	001	82
										80
mm/Hg DBP,	0.27	0.05	0.06	0.0	0.8^*	1	0.35	0.06	0.07	0.0	0.8^*	1	0.21	0.04	0.06	-	0.8^*	1
	^*	^*	^*	01	3		^*	^*	^*	05	4		^*	^*	^*	0.0	3
	<0.	<0.	<0.	0.9	<0.		<0.	<0.	<0.	0.7	<0.		<0.	<0.	<0.	02	<0.
	001	001	001	08	001		001	001	001	14	001		001	001	001	0.9 03	001

Abbreviations: WC, waist circumference; FBS, fasting blood sugar; TG; Triglyceride; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Significant correlation, P<0.05