Table 3 Correlation between waist-height ratio (WHtR) and the clinical and laboratory parameters in the study

BMI

0.79

< 0.001*

WC

0.97

< 0.001*

WHR

0.79

< 0.001*

TC

0.68

< 0.001*

TG

0.57

< 0.001*

LDL

0.7

< 0.001*

HDL

− 0.4

< 0.001*

Non-HDL

0.74

< 0.001*

HOMA IR

0.81

< 0.001*

LDL/HDL ratio

0.77

< 0.001*

TC/HDL ratio

0.72

< 0.001*

Non-HDL/HDL ratio

0.74

< 0.001*

TG/HDL ratio

0.68

< 0.001*

FBG

0.55

< 0.001*

TyG index

0.8

< 0.001*

TyG-BMI index

0.92

< 0.001*

TyG-WC index

0.99

< 0.001*