An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship between Cardiometabolic Risk Factors and Cognitive/Academic Performance among Adolescents

Table 2

Intercorrelations between study variables in female subjects.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
() BCT (academic performance)	—
Cognitive abilities
() Verbal reasoning	0.26^*	—
() Numerical ability	0.35^**	0.25^**	—
() Mechanical reasoning	0.21^*	0.32^**	0.29^**	—
() Space relations	0.13^*	0.26^**	0.25^**	0.33^**	—
() Abstract reasoning	0.12^*	0.28^**	0.31^**	0.35^**	0.46^**	—
() Perceptual speed and accuracy	0.22^*	0.36^**	0.27^**	0.38^**	0.20^**	0.36^**	—
Cardiovascular factors
() Systolic BP	−0.12^*	0.03	−0.06	−0.06	−0.03	0.04	0.06	—
() Diastolic BP	−0.06	0.01	0.03	−0.07	−0.01	0.04	0.04	0.58^***	—
() BMI	−0.04	0.12^*	0.04	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.29^**	0.18^*	—
() Waist circumference	−0.08	0.10^*	0.06	0.10^*	−0.01	0.08	−0.01	0.20^**	0.11^*	−0.89^***	—
() Cholesterol	−0.03	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.07	−0.01	0.10^*	—

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