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

Table 2

Coefficient correlation (r) to identify the association of different variables with one another among four groups.

Variable	Aldosterone	Cortisol
BMI
Control	0.578^*	0.538^*
Pre-HTN	0.303	0.628^*
HTN-I	0.144	0.299
HTN-II	0.544^*	0.361
WC
Control	0.446	0.352
Pre-HTN	0.679^**	0.263
HTN-I	0.161	0.149
HYN-II	0.345	0.445
FBG
Control	0.451	0.185
Pre-HTN	0.483	−0.18
HTN-1	0.362	−0.345
HTN-II	−0.102	−0.264
TC
Control	0.041	0.286
Pre-HTN	0.726^**	0.308
HTN-I	0.309	0.043
HTN-II	0.128	0.036
LDL
Control	0.048	0.371
Pre-HTN	0.620^*	0.275
HTN-I	0.161	0.208
HTN-II	0.071	0.179
Na^+
Control	0.108	0.690^**
Pre-HTN	0.230	0.292
HTN-I	0.392	0.200
HTN-II	0.259	0.083
K^+
Control	0.146	0.578^*
Pre-HTN	0.473	0.027
HTN-I	0.439	0.151
HTN-II	0.254	0.045

^∗Significant at the 0.05 level.
^∗∗Significant at 0.01 level.