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Table 2 Pearson correlations between arterial stiffness and anthropometrics measurements

From: Abdominal obesity vs general obesity for identifying arterial stiffness, subclinical atherosclerosis and wave reflection in healthy, diabetics and hypertensive

 

Healthy n = 92 (30.20)

 

Diabetic n = 100 (32.80)

Hypertensive n = 113 (37.00)

 

BMI

WC

BFP

WHtR

BMI

WC

BFP

WHtR

BMI

WC

BFP

WHtR

Office SBP (mmHg)

0.114

0.285**

-0.257*

0.126

0.299**

0.379**

0.034

0.343**

0.009

0.016

-0.051

0.058

Office DBP (mmHg)

0.141

0.195

-0.151

0.112

0.457**

0.433**

0.142

0.409**

0.037

0.045

0.022

0.009

Peripheral pulse pressure (mmHg)

0.041

0.259*

-0.258*

0.089

0.031

0.163

-0.073

0.133

-0.018

-0.017

-0.070

0.052

Central SBP (mmHg)

0.068

0.187

-0.140

0.122

0.267*

0.322**

0.033

0.315**

-0.146

-0.156

-0.037

-0.041

Central DBP (mmHg)

0.211*

0.249*

-0.125

0.156

0.367**

0.350**

0.050

0.316**

0.022

0.032

0.044

0.021

Central Pulse pressure (mmHg)

-0.124

0.026

-0.087

0.024

0.038

0.136

0.001

0.158

-0.177

-0.195*

-0.079

-0.061

PWV (m/s)

0.078

0.209*

0.013

0.219*

0.230*

0.342**

0.163

0.357**

0.232*

0.267**

0.203*

0.335**

C-IMT mean (mm.)

0.093

0.228*

0.008

0.271**

0.053

0.229*

-0.074

0.176

0.223*

0.249**

0.101

0.306**

C-IMT maximum (mm.)

0.039

0.174

0.001

0.215*

0.051

0.231*

-0.072

0.177

0.257**

0.280**

0.108

0.325**

CAIx

-0.207*

-0.193

0.306**

0.054

-0.105

-0.150

0.063

-0.007

-0.284**

-0.285**

0.106

-0.083

PAIx

-0.215*

-0.172

0.300**

0.069

-0.057

-0.120

0.167

0.027

-0.115

-0.229*

0.263**

0.031

ABI

0.063

0.090

0.205

0.132

-0.114

-0.149

-0.075

-0.125

0.031

-0.060

-0.073

0.010

Fibrinogen (mg/dL)

0.172

-0.015

0.299**

0.211

0.337**

0.401**

0.287**

0.435**

0.202*

0.184

0.233*

0.257**

hsCRP (mg/dL)

0.306**

0.288**

0.180

0.301**

0.442**

0.442**

0.356**

0.475**

0.214*

0.266**

0.251*

0.316**

HOMA index

0.246

0.126

0.087

0.093

0.231*

0.303**

0.179

0.247*

0.427**

0.444**

0.108

0.465**

  1. BMI: Body mass index. WC: Waist circumference. BFP: Body fat percentage. WHtR: Waist to height ratio SBP: Systolic blood pressure. DBP: Diastolic blood pressure. PWV: Pulse wave velocity. C-IMT: Carotid intima-media thickness. CAIx: Central augmentation index. PAIx: Peripheral augmentation index. ABI: ankle-brachial index. hsCRP: High sensitivity c-reactive protein. p: statistically significant differences * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01
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