Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Table 3 Pearson product-moment correlation coefficients between abdominal fat areas and metabolic syndrome components in overweight women

From: Association of abdominal fat with metabolic syndrome components in overweight women: effect of menopausal status

		SBP	DBP	MAP	TC	HDLC	LDLC	TG	FPG
TFA	All	0.17	0.17	0.14	0.08	− 0.05	0.09	0.15	0.18
	PreM	0.17	0.28	0.18	0.17	− 0.02	0.22	0.13	0.20
	PostM	0.14	0.01	0.09	− 0.09	− 0.05	− 0.11	0.12	0.13
SFA	All	0.15	0.10	0.12	− 0.39	0.06	− 0.04	− 0.05	0.11
	PreM	0.19	0.24	0.18	0.05	0.12	0.05	− 0.05	0.19
	PostM	0.12	− 0.04	0.09	− 0.14	0.01	− 0.14	− 0.04	0.04
SSFA	All	0.06	0.05	0.11	− 0.04	0.06	− 0.01	− 0.08	0.09
	PreM	0.19	0.16	0.21	− 0.02	0.10	0.02	− 0.08	0.18
	PostM	− 0.01	− 0.02	0.02	− 0.01	− 0.02	0.04	− 0.04	0.05
DSFA	All	0.17	0.11	0.09	− 0.02	0.06	− 0.06	− 0.01	0.10
	PreM	0.19	0.23	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.06	− 0.02	0.15
	PostM	0.19	− 0.05	0.08	− 0.20	0.03	− 0.24	− 0.03	0.02
VFA	All	0.10	0.17	0.10	0.21*	− 0.19 *	0.23*	0.36*	0.18
	PreM	0.03	0.19	0.08	0.28 *	− 0.27	0.38*	0.37*	0.11
	PostM	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.03	− 0.11	− 0.01	0.27*	0.17

SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP mean artery pressure, TC total cholesterol, HDLC high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLC low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TG triglycerides, TFA total abdominal fat area, SFA subcutaneous fat area, SSFA superficial subcutaneous fat area, DSFA deep subcutaneous fat area, VFA visceral fat area. PreM pre-menopausal overweight women, PostM post-menopausal overweight women
*There was a significant correlation after a false discovery rate adjustment

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