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

Table 3

Intercorrelations between study variables in male subjects.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
() BCT (academic performance)	—
Cognitive abilities
() Verbal reasoning	0.10^*	—
() Numerical ability	0.01	0.44^**	—
() Mechanical reasoning	0.04	0.40^**	0.39^**	—
() Space relations	−0.04	0.47^**	0.35^**	0.39^**	—
() Abstract reasoning	0.06	0.42^**	0.38^**	0.35^**	0.45^**	—
() Perceptual speed and accuracy	0.11	0.41^**	0.48^**	0.42^**	0.44^*	0.46^**	—
Cardiovascular factors
() Systolic BP	−0.21^*	−0.02	0.02	−0.03	0.04	0.04	−0.02	—
() Diastolic BP	−0.03	−0.04	0.02	−0.03	0.01	0.04	0.05	0.42^**	—
() BMI	−0.09	0.13^*	0.07	0.05	0.07	0.02	0.05	0.28^**	0.08	—
() Waist circumference	−0.02	0.13^*	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.01	0.04	0.31^**	0.11^*	0.93^***	—
() Cholesterol	−0.07	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.11^*	0.26^**	0.28^**	—

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