Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 5 Correlation coefficients between blood pressure (Systolic & Diastolic) and some of the daily nutrients intake of obese adolescents

From: Association between dietary sodium, calcium, saturated fat and blood pressure in obese Egyptian adolescents

Items	Male				Females
	Normal (n:20)		Pre hypertensive (n:15)		Normal (n:26)		Pre hypertensive (n:16)
	Systolic	Diastolic	Systolic	Diastolic	Systolic	Diastolic	Systolic	Diastolic
Calcium	−0.237	−0.178	−0.241	−0.231	−0.130	−0.080	−0.331	−0.236
Sodium	0.243	0.033	0.318	0.106	0.304	0.056	0.371	0.180
S FAs	0.138	0.026	0.226	0.212	0.374	0.310	0.308	0.372
Cholesterol	0.278	0.032	0.294	0.301	0.088	0.091	0.210	0.112

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