Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Better Anthropometric Index than Waist Circumference and BMI in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Mexican Adolescents

Table 3

Spearman’s correlation coefficients () between the anthropometric indices and components of MS.

	BMI percentile		Waist		WHtR
		Significance		Significance		Significance
Triglycerides	0.04	= 0.671	0.07	= 0.465	0.01	= 0.917
HDL-C	−0.02	= 0.842	−0.15	= 0.122	−0.09	= 0.349
Waist	0.61	< 0.001^a	—	—	0.78	< 0.001^a
Fasting glucose	0.16	= 0.102	0.01	= 0.893	0.17	= 0.081
SBP	0.39	< 0.001^a	0.41	< 0.001^a	0.19	= 0.043^a
DBP	0.32	< 0.001^a	0.34	< 0.001^a	0.25	= 0.009^a

In all cases, 110 subjects (48 females and 62 males) were considered.
^aSignificant values.