The magnitude of undiagnosed diabetes and Hypertension among adult psychiatric patients receiving antipsychotic treatment

Table 4 Pearson’s correlation of fasting glucose and blood pressure with independent variables

Variables	Mean (± SD)	Significance	SBP	DBP	FBS
Age	31.7 (10.9)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.253	0.223	0.195
Age	31.7 (10.9)	P-value	< 0.0001	0.001	0.003
Duration since the diagnosis of disease	3.8 (2.7)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.155	0.069	0.132
Duration since the diagnosis of disease	3.8 (2.7)	P-value	0.017	0.291	0.042
TG/HDL-c ratio	2.9 (2.0)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.147	0.118	0.161
TG/HDL-c ratio	2.9 (2.0)	P-value	0.023	0.071	0.013
TC	168.2 (47.2)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.137	0.151	0.257
TC	168.2 (47.2)	P-value	0.035	0.020	< 0.0001
WC	81.7 (10.5)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.541	0.437	0.060
WC	81.7 (10.5)	P-value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.359
HDL-c	50.3 (17.7)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.026	0.054	0.033
HDL-c	50.3 (17.7)	P-value	0.686	0.405	0.618
TGs	123 (58.6)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.201	0.190	0.110
TGs	123 (58.6)	P-value	0.002	0.003	0.091
BMI	22.9 (4.7)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.447	0.396	0.040
BMI	22.9 (4.7)	P-value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.539
TC/HDL-c ratio	3.8 (1.8)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.084	0.068	0.241
TC/HDL-c ratio	3.8 (1.8)	P-value	0.95	0.30	< 0.0001
Non-HDL cholesterol	117 (47.2)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.127	0.131	0.269
Non-HDL cholesterol	117 (47.2)	P-value	0.051	0.04	< 0.0001
LDL-c	93.3 (44.3)	Correlation coefficient (r)	0.082	0.09	0.259^*
		P-value	0.21	0.17	< 0.0001

BMI, body mass index; FBS, fasting blood sugar; TC, total cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides; HDL-c, HDL-cholesterol; WC, waist circumference; LDL-c, LDL-cholesterol

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