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

Table 6

Correlations between the serum levels of HMW adiponectin and anthropometric measurements and biochemical parameters before and after intervention ().

	Before intervention (baseline)	After intervention (after 9 weeks)
Weight	−0.89	−0.96
Body mass index	−0.92	−0.99
Body fat mass	−0.91	−0.93
Fat-free mass	−0.42	−0.53
Percentage of body fat	−0.88	−0.87
Waist-hip ratio	−0.85	−0.93
Total cholesterol	−0.17	−0.06
Triglycerides	−0.25	−0.26
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	−0.21	0.02
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	−0.17	−0.03
Systolic blood pressure	−0.29	−0.08
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.34	−0.09
Waist circumference	−0.77	−0.88
Visceral fat area	−0.77	−0.88
Insulin	−0.14	−0.08
Glucose	−0.01	−0.20
HOMA-IR	−0.18	−0.08

Significant at ; significant at .