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Table 4 Pearson’s correlation coefficients of PBF with cardiovascular risk factors for male (n = 63) and female (n = 62) participants

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

 

PBFa

PBFb

PBFc

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

FBG (mmol/L)

0.087

0.482**

0.015

0.506**

0.041

0.462**

FSI (mU/L)

0.595**

0.589**

0.547**

0.536**

0.524**

0.542**

HOMA-IR

0.581**

0.601**

0.526**

0.583**

0.504**

0.574**

TG (mmol/L)

0.435**

0.426**

0.327*

0.482**

0.300*

0.442**

HDL (mmol/L)

−0.462**

−0.435**

−0.400**

−0.359**

−0.356*

−0.352*

LDL (mmol/L)

0.118

0.255*

0.257*

0.370**

0.195

0.311*

TC (mmol/L)

0.053

0.151

0.191

0.297*

0.138

0.248

TC/HDL

0.432**

0.488**

0.500**

0.519**

0.437**

0.474**

TG/HDL

0.490**

0.440**

0.401**

0.438**

0.361**

0.401**

LDL/HDL

0.405**

0.466**

0.484**

0.501**

0.423**

0.451**

SBP (mm Hg)

0.130

0.452**

0.085

0.462**

0.081

0.408**

DBP (mm Hg)

0.146

0.491**

0.139

0.517**

0.100

0.471**

  1. *Correlation is significant at p < 0.05
  2. **Correlation is significant at p < 0.005
  3. PBF was measured by aBIA, bBOD POD, and cDEXA, respectively
  4. Abbreviations: BIA bioelectrical impedance analysis, DBP diastolic blood pressure, DEXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, FBG fasting blood glucose, FSI fasting serum insulin, HDL high density lipoprotein, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, LDL low density lipoprotein, PBF percent body fat, SBP systolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides
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