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Table 3 Pearson’s correlation coefficients between anthropometric parameters and systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure

From: Association of neck circumference and high blood pressure in children and adolescents: a case–control study

Variables	NC (cm)	BMI (kg/m²)	WC (cm)
Boys
SBP (mmHg)	0.548^a	0.481^a	0.446^a
DBP (mmHg)	0.166^a	0.181^a	0.175^a
Girls
SBP (mmHg)	0.360^a	0.403^a	0.372^a
DBP (mmHg)	0.145^a	0.226^a	0.168^a
Total
SBP (mmHg)	0.518^a	0.436^a	0.444^a
DBP (mmHg)	0.117^a	0.201^a	0.149^a

NC neck circumference; BMI body mass index; WC waist circumference; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure
^aCorrelation is significant at the level of 0.01 (2-tailed)

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