Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors

Table 4 Spearman correlation of anthropometric indices with mean blood pressure, lipids and fasting blood glucose level among the men cohort

		Age		BMI		WC		WCHR		ABDht		%BF
		Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
Systolic BP	r	.123	.100	.236*	.233*	.387*	.355*	.344*	.370*	.474*	-.071	.078	.250*
Systolic BP	p	.117	.190	.002	.002	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	<.001	.351	.320	.001
Diastolic BP	r	.203*	.092	.155*	.054	.353*	.155*	.320*	.154*	.412*	.019	-.007	.066
Diastolic BP	p	.009	.230	.048	.479	<.001	.042	<.001	.044	<.001	.808	.931	.391
RHR	r	-.094	-.037	.135	.182*	.085	.264*	.085	.265*	.288*	-.030	-.065	.116
RHR	p	.234	.632	.087	.017	.281	<.001	.281	<.001	<.001	.694	412	.128
Glucose	r	-.055	-.020	.056	.138	.027	.132	.054	.146	.055	-.039	-.028	.096
Glucose	p	.285	797	.476	.070	.733	.083	.497	.055	.489	.611	.722	.207
Cholesterol^§	r	.178	-.061	.055	-.037	-.006	-.037	.082	-.035	.029	.115	.054	-.058
Cholesterol^§	p	.023	.429	.483	.633	.944	.628	.298	.648	.717	.131	.490	.451
Triglyceride	r	-.047	.059	.029	.059	.056	.075	.012	.031	-.072	-.012	-.016	.088
Triglyceride	p	.553	.441	.712	.438	.481	.327	.879	.683	.358	.875	.842	.250
HDL-C	r	.148	.009	.070	-.189	-.040	-.145	.048	.194*	-.036	.051	-.048	-.143
HDL-C	p	.059	.904	.375	.013	.612	.058	.547	.011	.649	.503	.547	.061
LDL-C	r	.175*	-.104	-.026	.028	.000	.001	.047	.032	.070	.121	.125	-.034
	p	.026	.175	.738	.717	.998	.994	.550	.672	.375	.112	.111	.660

SBP (systolic blood pressure), DBP (diastolic blood pressure), RHR (resting heart rate), LDL-C (low density lipoprotein cholesterol).
HDL-C (high density lipoprotein cholesterol), § (Total cholesterol), BMI = body mass index, WC = waist circumference.
WCHR = waist circumference height ratio, ABDht = abdominal height, %BF = percentage body fat.
r = spearman correlation coefficient, p = p-value, * = significant.

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