Association of body mass index, sagittal abdominal diameter and waist-hip ratio with cardiometabolic risk factors and adipocytokines in Arab children and adolescents

Table 2 Bivariate (Unadjusted) and partial (Controlled for Gender and Age) correlations of BMI, WHR and SAD to anthropometric and metabolic parameters

PARAMETERS	BMI z-score		WHR		SAD z-score
	Bivariate	Partial	Bivariate	Partial	Bivariate	Partial
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	0.40 **	0.19 **	0.11	- 0.03	0.32 **	0.20 **
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	0.29 **	0.18 **	- 0.01	- 0.03	0.25 **	0.16 **
Glucose (mmol/l)	0.19 **	0.18 **	0.07 *	0.06	0.09 **	0.02
Insulin (IU/ml)	0.52 **	- 0.01	0.17 *	0.10	0.38 **	- 0.10
HOMA-IR	0.52 **	- 0.01	0.21 **	0.12 *	0.36 **	- 0.10
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.30 **	0.21 **	0.11 *	0.23 **	0.17 **	0.08 *
Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.13 **	0.14 **	- 0.02	- 0.11*	0.08 *	0.02
LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	0.17 **	0.17 **	- 0.04	- 0.24 **	0.11	0.06
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	- 0.25 **	- 0.19 **	- 0.04	0.09	- 0.20 **	- 0.14 **
Leptin (ng/ml)	0.49 **	0.34 **	0.04	0.01	0.35 **	0.22 **
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	- 0.25 **	- 0.14	- 0.14	0.00	- 0.20 **	- 0.16
Resistin (ng/ml)	0.18 **	0.12	- 0.11 **	- 0.08	0.18 **	0.07 *
ANG II (ng/ml)	0.04	- 0.01	0.07	0.15 *	- 0.03	0.02
aPAI-1 (ng/ml)	0.13 **	0.14	0.02	- 0.00	0.10 **	0.10 **
C-Reactive Protein (μg/ml)	0.04	0.05	0.06	- 0.06	0.02	0.12
TNF-α (pg/ml)	−0.03	−0.50	−0.04	−0.42	−0.02	−0.31

Note: Data presented as coefficients (R); * denotes p-value < 0.05 level; ** denotes p-value < 0.01 level.

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