Correlation of adiposity indices with cardiovascular disease risk factors in healthy adults of Singapore: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients of anthropometric measurements with cardiovascular risk factors for female participants (n = 62)

	BMI (kg/m²)	WC (cm)	HC (cm)	WHR	BAI
FBG (mmol/L)	0.444**	0.454**	0.341*	0.420**	0.452**
FSI (mU/L)	0.546**	0.549**	0.466**	0.438**	0.563**
HOMA-IR	0.559**	0.561**	0.465**	0.460**	0.593**
TG (mmol/L)	0.384**	0.417**	0.289*	0.406**	0.541**
HDL (mmol/L)	−0.419**	−0.398**	−0.228	−0.442**	−0.509**
LDL (mmol/L)	0.177	0.176	0.214	0.074	0.202
TC (mmol/L)	0.071	0.085	0.161	−0.028	0.075
TC/HDL	0.419**	0.425**	0.304*	0.405**	0.522**
TG/HDL	0.401**	0.422**	0.272*	0.432**	0.542**
LDL/HDL	0.399**	0.402**	0.294*	0.376**	0.497**
SBP (mm Hg)	0.403**	0.385**	0.283*	0.369**	0.474**
DBP (mm Hg)	0.452**	0.433**	0.363**	0.346*	0.448**

*Correlation is significant at p < 0.05
**Correlation is significant at p < 0.005
Abbreviations: BAI body adiposity index, BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, FSI fasting serum insulin, HC hip circumference, HDL high density lipoprotein, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, LDL low density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-to-hip ratio

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