Association of Aldosterone and Cortisol with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Prehypertension Stage

Table 3

Pearson’s correlation (r) among important variables, showing relationship of different variables with one another in prehypertension group.

Variables	BMI	WC	SBP	DBP	Na^+	FBG	TC	LDL	Aldost	Cortisol
BMI	1.00	.825^**	−.274^*	−.165	−.126	.207	.078	.201	.303	.628^*
WC	.825^**	1.00	−.356^*	−.353^*	−.056	.241	−.058	.103	−.263	.679^**
SBP	−.274^*	−.356	1.00	.270^*	.328^*	−.205	−.093	−.10	.060	−.38
DBP	−.165	−.353	.270^*	1.00	.059	−.300	.069	.076	.216	−.50
Na^+	−.126	−.056	.328^*	.059^*	1.00	−.267	.034	−.04	.230	.292
FBG	.207	.241	−.205	−.300	−.267	1.00	.205	.289^*	.483	−.18
TC	.078	−.058	−.093	.069	.034	.205	1.00	.822^**	.726^**	.308
LDL	.201	.103	−.097	.076	−.04	.289^*	.822^**	1.00	.620^*	.275
Aldost	.303	−.263	.060	.216	.230	.483	.726^**	.620^*	1.00	.00
Cortisol	.628^*	.679^**	−.380	−.500	.292	−.176	.308	.275	−.005	1.00

^∗Significant at 0.05 level.
^∗∗Significant at 0.01 level.
SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, FBG: fasting blood glucose, TC: total cholesterol, LDL: low density lipoproteins, Aldost: aldosterone.