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

Table 5 Spearman correlation of anthropometric indices with mean blood pressures, lipids and fasting blood glucose level among the women cohort

		Age		BMI		WC		WCHR		ABDht		%BF
		Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
Systolic BP	r	.285*	.293*	.270*	.153	.276*	.369*	.253*	.388*	.290*	-.115	.050	.380*
Systolic BP	p	<.001	<.001	<.001	.054	<.001	<.001	.001	<.001	<.001	.150	.512	<.001
Diastolic BP	r	.129	.237*	.258*	.201*	.264*	.315*	.236*	.323*	.158*	-.040	.066	.358*
Diastolic BP	p	.092	<.001	.001	.011	<.001	<.001	.002	<.001	.038	.619	.392	<.001
RHR	r	-.004	.028	.189*	.288*	.153	.465*	.262*	.302*	.084	.176*	.141	.194*
RHR	p	.956	.725	.013	<.001	.045	<.001	.001	<.001	.272	.026	.066	.014
Glucose	r	.118	.126	.195*	.050	-.080	.258*	-.059	.204*	-.133	-.042	.090	.148
Glucose	p	.123	.113	.010	.534	.298	.001	.444	.010	.083	.602	.241	.062
Cholesterol^§	r	-.235*	.010	-.122	.106	-.092	.081	-.142	.090	-.063	.001	.090	.091
Cholesterol^§	p	.002	.905	.111	.184	.231	.313	.064	.260	.412	.991	.239	.253
Triglyceride	r	.004	.056	-.031	.082	-.028	.169*	-.082	.137	.050	-.113	.041	.127
Triglyceride	p	.954	.481	.686	.303	.712	.034	.284	.085	.513	.155	.591	.110
HDL-C	r	-.124	-.131	-.035	-.044	-.125	-.102	-.072	-.059	-.035	.028	.021	-.105
HDL-C	p	.106	.10	.648	.583	.103	.203	.350	.457	.648	.729	.781	.189
LDL-C	r	-.190	.067	-.111	.097	-.030	.080	-.101	.089	-.057	.017	.075	.121
	p	.013	.401	.148	.225	.698	.318	.186	.264	.461	.830	.329	.130

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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