An evaluation of the metabolic syndrome in the HyperGEN study

Kraja, Aldi T; Hunt, Steven C; Pankow, James S; Myers, Richard H; Heiss, Gerardo; Lewis, Cora E; Rao, DC; Province, Michael A

doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-2

Nutrition & Metabolism

Table 2 Correlation Matrix of the Variables Included in Factor Analysis

From: An evaluation of the metabolic syndrome in the HyperGEN study

	Variables **	Blacks: Upper Triangle: All Data Excluding T2D
	(N = 1422 / 1173)	BMI	INS	GLUC	LDL	HDL	TG	SBP	DBP	WAIST	WHR	%BF
Lower Triangle:All Data	BMI		0.56‡	- 0.33‡	0.15‡	- 0.22‡	0.15‡	0.18‡	- 0.04	0.91‡	0.45‡	0.78‡
	INS	0.51‡		- 0.50‡	0.16‡	- 0.37‡	0.32‡	0.04	- 0.08†	0.57‡	0.44‡	0.49‡
	GLUC	- 0.29‡	- 0.40‡		- 0.16‡	0.25‡	- 0.26‡	- 0.06	0.03	- 0.33‡	- 0.26‡	- 0.28‡
	LDL	0.13‡	0.11‡	- 0.11‡		- 0.18‡	0.23‡	- 0.00	- 0.05	0.14‡	0.11†	0.17‡
	HDL	- 0.20‡	- 0.35‡	0.23‡	- 0.16‡		- 0.41‡	0.02	0.06	- 0.25‡	- 0.25‡	- 0.20‡
	TG	0.17‡	0.32‡	- 0.31‡	0.20‡	- 0.41‡		0.05	- 0.01	0.20‡	0.28‡	0.16‡
	SBP	0.17‡	0.02	- 0.07*	0.02	0.05	0.06		0.76‡	0.16‡	0.12†	0.06
	DBP	- 0.04	- 0.08†	0.04	- 0.02	0.08†	- 0.00	0.74‡		- 0.03	0.03	- 0.06
	WAIST	0.90‡	0.52‡	- 0.32‡	0.14‡	- 0.23‡	0.22‡	0.15‡	- 0.03		0.70‡	0.75‡
	WHR	0.44‡	0.42‡	- 0.32‡	0.10†	- 0.25‡	0.30‡	0.11‡	0.02	0.69‡		0.407‡
	%BF	0.76‡	0.44‡	- 0.24‡	0.16‡	- 0.18‡	0.16‡	0.03	- 0.06*	0.74‡	0.37‡
	Variables	Whites: Upper Triangle: All Data Excluding T2D
	(N = 1470 / 1322)	BMI	INS	GLUC	LDL	HDL	TG	SBP	DBP	WAIST	WHR	%BF
Lower Triangle:All Data	BMI		0.55‡	- 0.30‡	0.01	- 0.21‡	0.20‡	0.19‡	0.07*	0.89‡	0.46‡	0.77‡
	INS	0.52‡		- 0.30‡	- 0.01	- 0.35‡	0.34‡	0.22‡	0.15‡	0.52‡	0.36‡	0.45‡
	GLUC	- 0.32‡	- 0.31‡		- 0.08*	0.13‡	- 0.16‡	- 0.12†	- 0.09*	- 0.30‡	- 0.25‡	- 0.26‡
	LDL	0.02	- 0.02	- 0.05		- 0.04	0.08*	0.05	0.07	0.04	0.08*	0.07*
	HDL	- 0.22‡	- 0.37‡	0.21‡	- 0.02		- 0.43‡	0	0.01	- 0.20‡	- 0.21‡	- 0.12†
	TG	0.20‡	0.33‡	- 0.21‡	0.06*	- 0.45‡		0.13†	0.09†	0.22‡	0.23‡	0.20‡
	SBP	0.17‡	0.19‡	- 0.13‡	0.04	0.00	0.10†		0.70‡	0.15‡	0.13‡	0.09†
	DBP	0.03	0.09†	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.06	0.67‡		0.06	0.09†	0.03
	WAIST	0.89‡	0.49‡	- 0.33‡	0.04	- 0.21‡	0.23‡	0.14‡	0.02*		0.70‡	0.77‡
	WHR	0.46‡	0.35‡	- 0.25‡	0.06	- 0.23‡	0.25‡	0.11†	0.07*	0.69‡		0.44‡
	%BF	0.76‡	0.43‡	- 0.25‡	0.08†	- 0.12‡	0.18‡	0.11†	0.01	0.76‡	0.43‡

*p < 0.05 † < 0.01 ‡ < 0.0001
**Variables were adjusted for age and center within ethnicity and gender (see Material and Methods)
A negative correlation between GLUC and INS is result of the inverse squared transformation of the original GLUC

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