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Table 6 Partial correlation between body measures and PCA (RURAL)

From: The association between dietary consumption, anthropometric measures and body composition of rural and urban Ghanaian adults: a comparative cross-sectional study

Variables

Component 1

Diverse diet

r (p-value)

Component 2

Vegetable convenience pattern

Component 3

Non-convenience pattern

r (p-value)

Component 3

Fast food pattern

r (p-value)

visceral fat

0.091 (0.141)

− 0.076 (0.215)

− 0.091 (0.139)

0.043 (0.490)

body fat

0.823 (0.183)

−0.111 (0.072)

− 0.039 (0.522)

0.061 (0.319)

BMI

0.085 (0.166)

−0.052 (0.402)

−0.088 (0.152)

0.025 (0.684)

waist circumference

0.069 (0.266)

0.121 (0.050)

0.023 (0.715)

0.017 (0.782)

  1. Spearman partial correlation of body measure and PCA. Controlled for age, gender and metabolic equivalent category