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Table 5 Correlation Matrices Among Risk Factors Prepared for MetS by Network

From: An evaluation of the metabolic syndrome in a large multi-ethnic study: the Family Blood Pressure Program

GENOA

N = 1160

Hispanics

N = 1312

 

BMI

WAIST

WHR

INS

GLUC

LDL

HDL

TG

SBP

DBP

A.

BMI

-

0.84‡

0.33‡

0.40‡

-0.15‡

-0.03

-0.17‡

0.12‡

0.16‡

0.03

A

WAIST

0.87‡

-

0.63‡

0.37‡

-0.19‡

-0.03

-0.18‡

0.12‡

0.19‡

0.06*

m

WHR

0.38‡

0.68‡

-

0.24‡

-0.21‡

0.03

-0.16‡

0.13‡

0.18‡

0.10‡

e

INS

0.45‡

0.45‡

0.31‡

-

-0.13‡

-0.08†

-0.18‡

0.19‡

0.10

0.03

r

GLUC ††

-0.28‡

-0.30‡

-0.26‡

-0.38‡

-

-0.03

0.15‡

-0.18‡

-0.17‡

-0.10‡

I

LDL

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.05

-0.03

-

0.01

0.19‡

0.04

0.07*

c

HDL

-0.18‡

-0.21‡

-0.20‡

-0.33‡

0.18‡

-0.12

-

-0.30‡

0.01

0.05

a

TG

0.13‡

0.19‡

0.21‡

0.30‡

-0.20‡

0.20‡

-0.34‡

-

0.14‡

0.09†

n

SBP

0.13‡

0.14‡

0.14‡

0.08†

-0.12‡

0.04

0.00

0.06*

-

0.72‡

s

DBP

-0.02

0.00

0.06*

-0.01

-0.02

0.06*

0.03

0.04

0.75‡

-

GENOA

           

N = 1073

 

BMI

WAIST

WHR

INS

GLUC

LDL

HDL

TG

SBP

DBP

 

BMI

-

         
 

WAIST

0.90‡

-

        
 

WHR

0.51‡

0.74‡

-

       
 

INS

0.57‡

0.57‡

0.42‡

-

      

W

GLUC

-0.32‡

-0.31‡

-0.24‡

-0.41‡

-

     

h

LDL

0.00

0.02

0.01

0.00

-0.02

-

    

i

HDL

-0.28‡

-0.30‡

-0.27‡

-0.37‡

0.18‡

-0.12

-

   

t

TG

0.28‡

0.29‡

0.21‡

0.31‡

-0.17‡

0.16‡

-0.37‡

-

  

e

SBP

0.24‡

0.22‡

0.14‡

0.16‡

-0.15‡

0.00

-0.04

0.12‡

-

 

s

DBP

0.07*

0.09†

0.09†

0.03

-0.02

0.05

0.02

0.12‡

0.68‡

-

HyperGEN

N = 1255

Whites

N = 1731

 

BMI

WAIST

WHR

INS

GLUC

LDL

HDL

TG

SBP

DBP

A.

BMI

-

0.89‡

0.45‡

0.51‡

-0.31‡

0.04

-0.19‡

0.22‡

0.17‡

0.01

A

WAIST

0.90‡

-

0.68‡

0.50‡

-0.32‡

0.06*

-0.19‡

0.24‡

0.13‡

0.00

m

WHR

0.45‡

0.70‡

-

0.35‡

-0.24‡

0.06*

-0.21‡

0.25‡

0.12‡

0.07*

e

INS

0.49‡

0.51‡

0.43‡

-

-0.30‡

-0.03

-0.35‡

0.35‡

0.17‡

0.07*

r

GLUC

-0.27‡

-0.30‡

-0.29‡

-0.40‡

-

-0.05

0.19‡

-0.21‡

-0.13‡

-0.02

I

LDL

0.12‡

0.11‡

0.09‡

0.09‡

-0.08

-

-0.01

0.08†

0.05

0.06*

c

HDL

-0.21‡

-0.24‡

-0.27‡

-0.37‡

0.24‡

-0.15‡

-

-0.43‡

-0.01

0.05

a

TG

0.18‡

0.23‡

0.29‡

0.36‡

-0.29‡

0.18‡

-0.41‡

-

0.11‡

0.04

n

SBP

0.18‡

0.16‡

0.11‡

0.05

-0.06

0.02

0.04

0.04

-

0.68‡

s

DBP

-0.03

-0.03

0.01

-0.06*

0.05*

0.00

0.07†

-0.02

0.74‡

-

SAPPHIRe

N = 284

Japanese

N = 747

 

BMI

WAIST

WHR

INS

GLUC

LDL

HDL

TG

SBP

DBP

 

BMI

-

0.83‡

0.31‡

0.64‡

-0.33‡

0.15*

-0.29‡

0.22‡

0.18‡

0.03

 

WAIST

0.78‡

-

0.62‡

0.58‡

-0.28‡

0.17†

-0.24‡

0.20‡

0.09

-0.02

 

WHR

0.38‡

0.73‡

-

0.30‡

-0.14

0.08

-0.13*

0.19‡

0.06

0.02

C

INS

0.54‡

0.51‡

0.31‡

-

-0.41‡

0.11

-0.37‡

0.32‡

0.19‡

0.09

h

GLUC

-0.24‡

-0.23‡

-0.15‡

-0.41‡

-

-0.07

0.35‡

-0.18†

-0.10

0.03

i

LDL

0.03

0.02

-0.03

0.01

0.05

-

-0.10

0.08

0.09

0.10

n

HDL

-0.23‡

-0.23‡

-0.16‡

-0.31‡

0.14‡

0.02

-

-0.41‡

-0.15*

-0.09

e

TG

0.33‡

0.30‡

0.25‡

0.40‡

-0.25‡

0.01

-0.37‡

-

0.21‡

0.12*

s

SBP

0.20‡

0.20‡

0.16‡

0.07

-0.04

0.01

-0.01

0.13‡

-

0.69‡

e

DBP

0.17‡

0.17‡

0.12‡

0.08*

-0.02

0.02

-0.02

0.14‡

0.84‡

-

  1. * p < 0.05; † p < 0.01 ; ‡ p < 0.001 ; †† A negative correlation of GLUC and INS is result of the inverse squared transformation of GLUC