Association of obesity anthropometric indices with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and hypertriglyceridemia in apparently healthy adult Nigerian population

Table 2 The order of correlation of the anthropometric indices with risk parameters

Risk-parameter	Order of correlation with anthropometric indices, highest (1) to lowest (6)
	1	2	3	4	5	6
SBP	AH	WC	WHR	BSI	WHtR	BMI
DBP	AH	WC	BSI	WHtR	BMI	WHR
FBG	AH	WC	WHtR	WHR	BSI	BMI
Triglycerides	AH	BSI	WC	BMI	WHtR	WHR

AH: Abdominal height; SBP: Systolic blood pressures; DBP: Diastolic blood pressures; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; BMI: Body mass index; WC: Waist circumference; WHtR: Waist-to-height ratio; WHR: Waist-to-hip ratio; BSI: Body surface index.