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Table 4 Pearson partial correlations* controlled for age and smoking between risk scores, clinical factors and diet index scores

From: Dietary quality and patterns and non-communicable disease risk of an Indian community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

 

Index

aRisk Score

bRisk Score 1

WC

SBP

DBP

Glucose

Chol

Trig

BMI

N = 250

INDEX 1

0.21

0.2

0.12

0.01

0.01

0.24*

0.11

−0.02

0.06

INDEX 2

−0.10

−0.1

−0.13*

0.01

0.01

−0.06

−0.01

0.04

−0.00

Men N = 111

INDEX 1

0.23*

0.2*

0.21*

−0.06

−0.03

0.26*

−0.05

−0.02

0.10

INDEX 2

−0.30*

−0.2*

−0.28*

−0.06

−0.02

−0.22*

−0.12

−0.14

−0.17

Women N = 139

INDEX 1

0.23*

0.2*

0.14

0.06

0.05

0.22*

0.24*

−0.01

0.04

INDEX 2

0.04

0.0

0.05

0.06

0.02

0.03

0.07

0.13

0.08

  1. WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, Chol cholesterol, Trig triglyceride, Index 1 deficiency index, max score 3000, Index 2 excess index, max score 600
  2. *Pearson correlation:*P < 0.05
  3. aRisk score is the aggregate total of all risk markers defined by Asian standards
  4. bRisk score 1 is the aggregate of all risk markers, but fasting glucose was counted twice