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Table 3 Correlation coefficients of clinical parameters with WHtR and among one another (n = 753) in the URMEL-ICE study

From: Cardio-metabolic and socio-environmental correlates of waist-to-height ratio in German primary schoolchildren: a cross-sectional exploration

 

Missing values

WHtR

HDL cholesterol

LDL cholesterol

Systolic blood pressure

Diastolic blood pressure

Intima media thickness

HDL cholesterol

 

−.18***

     

LDL cholesterol

 

.12**

−.11**

    

Systolic blood pressure

 

.27***

−.02

.04

   

Diastolic blood pressure

 

.07*

.02

−.01

0.54***

  

Intima media thicknessa

10

.03

−.01

−.02

.09*

.09*

 

Intra-abdominal fat thickness

10

.49***

−.20***

.02

.05

.05

.10**

  1. aSpearman’s correlation coefficient due to non-normality. WHtR (waist-to-height ratio), HDL (high density lipoprotein), LDL (low density lipoprotein)
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001