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Table 3 Standardized linear regression coefficients for the association between obesity indices and cardiovascular risk factors

From: Association between obesity indices and cardiovascular risk factors in late adolescence in the Seychelles

 

Males

Females

 

BMI

Waist

WHiR

WHtR

Fat%

BMI

Waist

WHiR

WHtR

Fat%

Systolic BP

0.25***

0.25***

0.09ns

0.23**

0.19**

0.30***

0.29***

0.12ns

0.23***

0.34***

Diastolic BP

0.25***

0.24***

0.10ns

0.25**

0.15*

0.36***

0.32***

0.10ns

0.29***

0.40***

LDL-cholesterol

0.24**

0.19*

0.16*

0.23**

0.17*

0.06ns

0.04ns

0.00ns

0.08ns

0.12*

HDL-cholesterol

−0.21**

−0.12ns

0.00ns

−0.15*

−0.16*

−0.17**

−0.19**

−0.17*

−0.22**

−0.14*

Triglycerides

0.40***

0.37***

0.20**

0.41***

0.29***

0.26***

0.29***

0.08ns

0.31***

0.26***

Fasting glucose

0.05ns

0.03Ns

0.06ns

0.07ns

0.06ns

0.37***

0.36***

0.21**

0.36***

0.25***

Uric acid

0.34***

0.35***

0.23**

0.37***

0.27***

0.27***

0.30***

0.15*

0.30***

0.25***

  1. BMI: body mass index; WHiR; waist/hip ratio; WHtR: waist/height ratio; Fat%: fat percent (bioimpedance).
  2. Each line represents a different model, separately in males and in females.
  3. * p<0.05; ** p <0.01; *** p <0.001.
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