Comparative associations between anthropometric and bioelectric impedance analysis derived adiposity measures with blood pressure and hypertension in India: a cross-sectional analysis

Table 2 Pearson partial correlation coefficients adjusted for age (N = 5792)

	BMI	WC	HC	WHR	WHtR	Whole Body Fat	Trunk Fat	SBP	DBP	PP	MAP	MBP
BMI	Male:	0.90	0.85	0.64	0.90	0.82	0.82	0.29	0.28	0.18	0.30	0.30
BMI	Female:	0.88	0.90	0.47	0.88	0.90	0.93	0.24	0.32	0.09	0.30	0.29
WC		Male:	0.83	0.83	0.96	0.80	0.80	0.27	0.29	0.15	0.29	0.29
WC		Female:	0.84	0.76	0.96	0.82	0.85	0.24	0.32	0.09	0.30	0.28
HC			Male:	0.39	0.76	0.73	0.74	0.24	0.24	0.15	0.25	0.25
HC			Female:	0.28	0.77	0.83	0.86	0.21	0.29	0.07	0.27	0.25
WHR				Male:	0.84	0.60	0.60	0.21	0.24	0.10	0.24	0.23
WHR				Female:	0.76	0.46	0.48	0.17	0.21	0.07	0.20	0.19
WHtR					Male:	0.79	0.80	0.27	0.28	0.15	0.29	0.29
WHtR					Female:	0.83	0.85	0.25	0.32	0.10	0.31	0.29
Whole Body Fat						Male:	0.97	0.30	0.32	0.17	0.33	0.32
Whole Body Fat						Female:	0.97	0.23	0.31	0.07	0.29	0.27
Trunk Fat							Male:	0.30	0.32	0.15	0.33	0.32
Trunk Fat							Female:	0.23	0.32	0.08	0.30	0.28
SBP								Male:	0.79	0.81	0.93	0.97
SBP								Female:	0.77	0.84	0.93	0.97
DBP									Male:	0.28	0.96	0.91
DBP									Female:	0.30	0.95	0.90
PP										Male:	0.55	0.64
PP										Female:	0.59	0.68
MAP											Male:	0.99
MAP											Female:	0.99

Correlations exclude those on antihypertensive medication. All correlations significant at p < 0.0001. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, WHR waist-hip ratio, WHtR waist-height ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, MBP mid-blood pressure

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