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Table 7 Partial correlation between body measures and PCA (URBAN)

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

Meat pattern

Component 3

Staple pattern

r (p-value)

Component 4 Non meat pattern

r(p-value)

visceral fat

0.077 (0.308)

0.092 (0.222)

−0.186 (0.013)*

−0.086 (0.254)

body fat

0.844 (0.266)

0.019 (0.799)

−0.075 (0.316)

−0.125 (0.095)

BMI

0.106 (0.159)

0.094 (0.209)

−0.163 (0.029)*

−0.105 (0.163)

waist circumference

0.078 (0.297)

0.037 (0.626)

−0.101 (0.180)

−0.020 (0.795)

  1. Spearman partial correlation of PCA and body measures. Controlled for age, gender and metabolic equivalent category. *P-value < 0.05