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. 2022 Mar 19;22:146. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03214-4

Table 2.

Bivariate Correlations of endo-PAT parameters, BaPWV with adiposity and cardiometabolic indicators

Correlation coefficient
RHI F-RHI Peak response AIx75 BaPWV
All Obese All Obese All Obese All Obese All Obese
Adiposity measures
 age 0.364*** 0.394*** 0.483*** 0.471*** 0.352*** 0.311** −0.249*** −0.260* 0.321*** 0.376**
 weight 0.349*** 0.426*** 0.345*** 0.441*** 0.262*** 0.280* − 0.302*** − 0.434*** 0.261*** 0.263*
 height 0.343*** 0.407** 0.388*** 0.422*** 0.282*** 0.280* −0.322*** − 0.402*** 0.210*** 0.188
 WC 0.269*** 0.471*** 0.192*** 0.461*** 0.131** 0.295* −0.229*** − 0.395*** 0.254*** 0.238*
 BMI 0.251*** 0.457*** 0.188*** 0.460*** 0.152*** 0.302** −0.209*** −0.410*** 0.237*** 0.336**
 Body fata 0.138 0.070 0.099 0.297 0.039 0.200 0.154* 0.573** 0.109 0.408*
Blood pressure
 SBP 0.053 0.094 0.025 0.043 −0.017 0.057 −0.112** −0.265* 0.311*** 0.322**
 DBP −0.089* −0.216 − 0.113** −0.194 − 0.122** −0.230* − 0.049 0.141 0.316*** 0.198
 Glycemic response
 Glu 0.104* 0.267* 0.035 0.151 −0.0003 0.107 − 0.102* 0.080 0.0032 −0.086
 Insa 0.039 −0.159 −0.085 − 0.116 −0.003 0.018 0.087 −0.051 0.195** 0.293
 HOMA-IRa 0.029 −0.114 −0.111 − 0.103 −0.026 0.013 0.076 −0.092 0.191** 0.296
Lipid profile
 TCb −0.038 − 0.146 − 0.066 −0.151 − 0.099* −0.137 0.151*** 0.179 0.044 0.085
 TGb 0.150*** −0.225 0.105* − 0.193 0.089* −0.155 −0.021 0.047 0.168*** 0.149
 HDLCb 0.070 0.208 0.117** 0.202 0.066 0.042 0.126** 0.047 −0.061 0.038
 LDLCb 0.021 −0.088 −0.027 − 0.114 −0.070 − 0.088 0.059 0.174 0.085 0.064

Abbreviations: RHI reactive hyperemia index, F-RHI Framingham-reactive hyperemia index, AIx75 Augmentation Index normalized to Heart Rate 75 bpm, BaPWV Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, Glu fasting glucose, Ins insulin level, TC Total Cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDLC high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLC low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

adata were available in 182 subjects

bdata were available in 512 subjects

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001