Table 4.

Correlations of endo-PAT parameters, BaPWV with adiposity and cardiometabolic indicators independent of baseline growth factors

	Correlation coefficient
	RHI		F-RHI		Peak response		AIx75		BaPWV
	All	Obese	All	Obese	All	Obese	All	Obese	All	Obese
Adiposity measures
weight	−0.004	0.080	0.020	0.096	0.029	0.024	−0.044	−0.162	0.086*	0.042
WC	0.032	0.144	0.026	0.155	0.032	0.077	−0.022	−0.142	0.174***	0.036
BMI	0.027	0.136	0.033	0.127	0.059	0.066	−0.042	−0.176	0.148***	0.130
Body fata	0.103	0.100	0.115	0.116	0.075	0.079	−0.024	0.523**	0.163*	0.474*
Blood pressure
SBP	−0.036	0.015	−0.055	0.018	−0.066	0.012	0.032	−0.128	0.272***	0.286*
DBP	−0.132**	−0.254*	− 0.204***	−0.121	− 0.176***	−0.169	− 0.021	0.182	0.322***	0.260*
Glycemic response
Glu	0.027	0.126	0.024	0.047	−0.022	−0.054	−0.024	0.168	0.013	−0.121
Insa	0.011	−0.149	−0.017	− 0.192	0.098	0.095	0.062	−0.047	0.269***	0.409*
HOMA-IRa	0.003	−0.104	−0.037	− 0.177	0.076	0.077	0.065	−0.050	0.262***	0.384
Lipid profile
TCb	0.030	−0.064	0.014	−0.115	− 0.029	−0.034	0.067	0.095	0.084	0.179
TGb	0.012	−0.322**	0.021	−0.215	0.042	−0.099	0.058	0.204	0.123**	0.136
HDLCb	0.031	0.181	0.032	0.097	−0.015	0.013	0.060	0.070	−0.126**	0.070
LDLCb	0.045	−0.031	0.032	−0.071	−0.015	0.004	0.016	0.064	0.133**	0.142

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, 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