Association between anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in pre-school children

Aristizabal, Juan C.; Barona, Jacqueline; Hoyos, Marcela; Ruiz, Marcela; Marín, Catalina

doi:10.1186/s12887-015-0500-y

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Pearson´s correlation coefficients among anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors

From: Association between anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in pre-school children

Overall	Body mass index	Waist circumference	Waist to height ratio	Triceps- and subscapular-skinfolds sum	Fat mass index
Fasting glucose	0.149*	0.177**	0.044	0.090	0.115
Fasting insulin	0.514***	0.524***	0.304***	0.494***	0.500**
HOMA-IR	0.509***	0.521***	0.296***	0.483***	0.492**
Triglycerides	0.230***	0.191**	0.177**	0.168*	0.190**
Total cholesterol	0.001	0.037	−0.072	0.086	0.063
LDL cholesterol	0.019	0.051	−0.037	0.088	0.072
HDL cholesterol	−0.114	−0.092	−0.196**	−0.029	−0.060
Non-HDL cholesterol	0.053	0.082	0.015	0.110	0.097
ApoA-I	−0.024	−0.013	−0.119	0.045	0.022
ApoB	−0.002	0.039	−0.011	0.052	0.040
ApoB/apoA-I	0.012	0.037	0.058	0.015	0.019
LDL cholesterol/apoB	0.013	0.007	−0.058	0.079	0.061
Girls
Fasting glucose	0.261*	0.281**	0.149	0.204	0.221*
Fasting insulin	0.543***	0.505***	0.332**	0.509***	0.520**
HOMA-IR	0.541***	0.506***	0.330**	0.504***	0.516**
Triglycerides	0.439***	0.367***	0.317**	0.354**	0.382**
Total cholesterol	−0.024	0.008	−0.082	0.049	0.028
LDL cholesterol	−0.011	−0.008	−0.069	0.060	0.040
HDL cholesterol	−0.211*	−0.146	−0.220*	−0.169	−0.187
Non-HDL cholesterol	0.046	0.054	−0.007	0.107	0.092
ApoA-I	−0.095	−0.035	−0.122	−0.052	−0.069
ApoB	−0.012	0.015	−0.022	0.063	0.042
ApoB/apoA-I	0.043	0.031	0.050	0.078	0.070
LDL cholesterol/apoB	−0.059	−0.110	−0.155	−0.014	−0.029
Boys
Fasting glucose	0.084	0.134	0.013	0.090	0.089
Fasting insulin	0.504***	0.537***	0.285**	0.474***	0.484**
HOMA-IR	0.493***	0.531***	0.275**	0.465***	0.475**
Triglycerides	0.109	0.096	0.119	0.090	0.100
Total cholesterol	0.019	0.054	−0.071	0.097	0.078
LDL cholesterol	0.040	0.087	−0.024	0.097	0.087
HDL cholesterol	−0.055	−0.066	−0.194*	0.026	−0.003
Non-HDL cholesterol	0.058	0.104	0.028	0.109	0.100
ApoA-I	0.023	−0.002	−0.122	0.095	0.070
ApoB	0.004	0.056	−0.005	0.045	0.039
ApoB/apoA-I	−0.010	0.043	0.064	−0.019	−0.010
LDL cholesterol/apoB	0.051	0.063	−0.026	0.104	0.093

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001

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