Table 2 Correlations among study variables in two Swiss MONICA samples (ages 35–64 yrs).
WHR | BMI | Age | Current Smoking | Hypertension d | Gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TC/HDL-C ratio | 0.53 a/0.49 b | 0.41/0.36 | 0.14/0.09 | 0.11/0.13 | 0.19/0.20 | 0.43/0.38 |
Women | 0.37/0.42 | 0.36/0.41 | 0.27/0.30 | 0.15/0.14 | 0.20/0.23 | - |
Men | 0.32/0.27 | 0.36/0.34 | 0.06/-0.07 | 0.08/0.07 | 0.09/0.09 | - |
Dyslipidemia c | 0.46/0.48 | 0.36/0.35 | 0.13/0.13 | 0.09/0.10 | 0.15/0.19 | 0.40/0.39 |
Women | 0.37/0.35 | 0.34/0.35 | 0.24/0.29 | 0.13/0.08 | 0.18/0.22 | - |
Men | 0.21/0.27 | 0.27/0.32 | 0.07/0.03 | 0.06/0.05 | 0.02/0.09 | - |
WHR | 0.53/0.49 | 0.19/0.21 | 0.03/0.10 | 0.24/0.24 | 0.77/0.72 | |
Women | 0.51/0.52 | 0.29/0.32 | 0.05/0. 02 | 0.20/0.28 | - | |
Men | 0.61/0.53 | 0.31/0.34 | 0.00/0.05 | 0.13/0.12 | - | |
BMI | 0.23/0.23 | -0.08/-0.07 | 0.27/0.26 | 0.24/0.13 | ||
Women | 0.31/0.31 | -0.08/-0.11 | 0.28/0.33 | - | ||
Men | 0.15/0.13 | -0.10/-0.04 | 0.21/0.17 | - | ||
Age | -0.12/-0.09 | 0.18/0.19 | -0.00/-0.03 | |||
Women | -0.15/-0.08 | 0.20/0.26 | - | |||
Men | -0.09/-0.10 | 0.17/0.15 | - | |||
Current Smoking d | -0.02/-0.04 | 0.02/0.11 | ||||
Women | -0.03/-0.06 | - | ||||
Men | -0.01/-0.06 | - |