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Table 2 Correlation between PAI-1 and the anthropometric measures and blood pressure measurements and the laboratory data in obese group

From: Assessment of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in obese Egyptian children

PAI-1 in obese group	R	p
Height (cm)	0.2	0.3
Height (SDS)	0.1	0.4
Weight (kg)	0.6	0.000**
Weight (SDS)	0.2	0.3
BMI (kg/m²)	0.6	0.000**
BMI (SDS)	0.4	0.01*
Waist circumference (cm)	0.09	0.6
Hip circumference (cm)	0.1	0.4
W/H ratio	0.7	0.000**
Biceps skin fold (mm)	0.4	0.03*
Triceps skin fold (mm)	0.3	0.04*
Subscapular skin fold (mm)	0.3	0.04*
Systolic Bp (mmHg)	0.7	0.000**
Diastolic Bp (mmHg)	0.3	0.04*
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.5	0.000**
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	0.4	0.02*
HDL-c (mg/dl)	0.3	0.08
LDL-c (mg/dl)	0.6	0.000**
FBS (mg/dl)	0.1	0.4
Insulin (μIU/ml)	0.5	0.000**
HOMA-IR	0.5	0.02*

Correlations between variables were done using Pearson’s correlation coefficients for the parametric data and Spearman correlation coefficients for nonparametric data
*p value statistically significant < 0.05
**p value highly significant < 0.01

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