Anthropometric Indices Associated with Variation in Cardiovascular Parameters among Primary School Pupils in Ile-Ife

Table 2

Correlation matrix showing the relationship between anthropometric indices and cardiovascular parameters.

	Age	HT	WT	BMI	AC	PI	SBP	DBP	HR	RPP	PP
Age (Yrs)	1.000
HT (m)	0.784**	1.000
WT (Kg)	0.748**	0.873**	1.000
BMI (Kg/m^2)	0.441**	0.364**	0.756**	1.000
AC (cm)	0.647**	0.741**	0.860**	0.664**	1.000
PI (Kg/m^3)	−0.183**	−0.415**	0.050	0.686**	0.056	1.000
SBP (mmHg)	0.422**	0.504**	0.544**	0.386**	0.477**	−0.015**	1.000
DBP (mmHg)	0.372**	0.425**	0.406**	0.225**	0.375**	−0.118**	0.724**	1.000
HR (b/m)	−0.194**	−0.234**	−0.212*	−0.117**	−0.214**	0.063	0.042	0.143**	1.000
RPP (mmHg bpm)	0.092*	0.114**	0.150**	0.127**	0.110**	0.032	0.615**	0.543**	0.806**	1.000
PP (mmHg)	0.167**	0.221**	0.301**	0.289**	0.242**	0.117**	0.582**	−0.140**	−0.109**	0.243**	1.000
MAP (mmHg)

^∗𝑃<.05, ^∗∗𝑃<.01.
Key: HT = Height, WT = Weight, AC = Abdominal circumference, PI = Ponderosity index, SBP = Systolic blood pressure, DBP = Diastolic blood pressure, HR = Heart rate, RPP = Rate pressure product, PP = Pulse pressure, BMI = Body mass index.