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Table 2 Partial correlation coefficients between anthropometric measurements and serum lipid profilesa

From: Gender and urban–rural difference in anthropometric indices predicting dyslipidemia in Chinese primary school children: a cross-sectional study

 

TC

Coefficient

(p-value)

TG

Coefficient

(p-value)

HDL-C

Coefficient

(p-value)

LDL-C

Coefficient

(p-value)

Boys

 BMI z-score

0.22 (<0.0001)

0.22 (<0.0001)

−0.12 (0.01)

0.21 (<0.0001)

 WHR

0.15 (0.002)

0.26 (<0.0001)

−0.18 (0.0003)

0.14 (0.007)

 WHtR

0.21 (<0.0001)

0.31 (<0.0001)

−0.18 (0.0003)

0.19 (0.0002)

 MaHtR

0.27 (<0.0001)

0.26 (<0.0001)

−0.07 (0.1)

0.23 (<0.0001)

Girls

 BMI z-score

0.10 (0.06)

0.11 (0.04)

−0.10 (0.05)

0.11 (0.04)

 WHR

−0.05 (0.4)

0.10 (0.047)

−0.13 (0.02)

−0.03 (0.5)

 WHtR

0.01 (0.8)

0.10 (0.07)

−0.15 (0.003)

0.03 (0.5)

 MaHtR

0.11 (0.03)

0.08 (0.1)

−0.006 (0.9)

0.08 (0.1)

  1. TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, BMI body mass index, WHR waist-hip ratio, WHtR waist-height ratio, MaHtR mid-upper arm height ratio
  2. aAdjusted for age