Counting Footsteps with a Pedometer to Improve HMW Adiponectin and Metabolic Syndrome among Young Female Adults in the United Arab Emirates

Table 5

Correlations between the daily steps count and anthropometric measurements and blood pressure after intervention ().

Variables	All participants ()	BMI = 18–24.9 kg/m^2 ()	BMI ≥ 25 kg/m^2 ()
	r	r	r
Weight	−0.239	0.28	−0.15
Body mass index	−0.330	0.098	−0.29
Body fat mass	−0.290	0.42	−0.25
Visceral fat area	−0.211	−0.135	−0.067
Fat-free mass	−0.040	−0.09	0.106
Percentage of body fat	−0.270	0.41	−0.27
Waist-hip ratio	−0.401	−0.305	−0.35
Waist circumference	−0.210	−0.123	−0.068
Systolic blood pressure	0.252	0.119	0.46
Diastolic blood pressure	0.205	0.069	0.39
Metabolic syndrome score	−0.49	−0.39	−0.5
Total cholesterol	0.034	0.39	−0.04
Triglycerides	0.138	0.224	0.14
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.031	0.311	−0.059
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	−0.007	0.30	−0.066
High-molecular-weight adiponectin	0.331	−0.101	0.29
Glucose	−0.034	−0.121	0.03
Insulin	−0.027	−0.136	0.10
HOMA-IR	−0.118	−0.15	0.008

Significant at ; significant at .