Abdominal Obesity Is Characterized by Higher Pulse Pressure: Possible Role of Free Triiodothyronine

Table 5

Pearson correlation coefficients of 24 h mean pulse pressure (PP) with general, anthropometric, metabolic, and hormone variables in overweight and obese subjects under study (𝑛=231).

	Pulse pressure (mmHg)
Age (yrs)	0.051
Body mass index (kg·m^−2)	0.332***
Waist circumference (cm)	0.370***
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	−0.005
Fasting insulin (𝜇UI/mL)	0.148*
HOMAIR	0.152*
Triglycerides (mg/mL)	0.078
HDL cholesterol (mg/mL)	0.003
Total cholesterol (mg/mL)	0.007
TSH (𝜇UI/mL)	0.011
FT3 (pg/mL)	0.215***
FT4 (pg/mL)	0.025

* 𝑃<0.05, **𝑃<0.01, ***𝑃<0.001.