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Table 3.

Correlation of anthropometric measurements and anthropometric indices with percent body fat measured with DXA

	Correlation coefficient (r)
	Percent body fat (%) (DXA_PBF)
	Total (n 87)	Male (n 40)	Female (n 47)
Waist circumference (cm) [WC1]	0·06	0·57^**	0·64^**
Waist circumference (cm) [WC2]	0·24^*	0·63^**	0·71^**
Waist circumference (cm) [WC3]	0·49^**	0·70^**	0·73^**
Hip circumference (cm)	0·53^**	0·48^**	0·73^**
Thigh circumference (cm)	0·18	0·43^**	0·49^**
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0·36^**	0·49^**	0·65^**
Waist to hip ratio [WC1]	−0·30^**	0·44^**	0·13
Waist to hip ratio [WC2]	−0·08	0·59^**	0·36^*
Waist to hip ratio [WC3]	0·20	0·62^**	0·31^*
Waist to height ratio [WC1]	0·25^*	0·58^**	0·57^**
Waist to height ratio [WC2]	0·44^**	0·64^**	0·63^**
Waist to height ratio [WC3]	0·68^**	0·72^**	0·67^**
Thigh to hip ratio	−0·30^**	−0·11	−0·12
Thigh to height ratio	0·40^**	0·41^**	0·43^**
Thigh to waist ratio [WC1]	0·13	−0·37^*	−0·19
Thigh to waist ratio [WC2]	−0·13	−0·45^**	−0·34^*
Thigh to waist ratio [WC3]	−0·37^**	−0·45^**	−0·28
A body shape index [WC1]	−0·24^*	0·30^**	0·11
A body shape Index [WC2]	0·16	0·54^*	0·38^**
A body shape index [WC3]	0·47^**	0·51^**	0·27
A body roundness index [WC1]	0·26^*	0·58^**	0·55^**
A body roundness index [WC2]	0·43^**	0·65^**	0·60^**
A body roundness index [WC3]	0·68^**	0·72^**	0·67^**
A body adiposity index	0·70^**	0·42^**	0·61^**
A body fat index (Model 3) [WC3]	0·84^**	0·70^**	0·78^**

WC1, waist circumference measured at the narrowest width; WC2, waist circumference measured at the naval; WC3, waist circumference measured at the superior border of the iliac crest; DXA_PBF, percent body fat measured with a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.

Significant correlation of P < 0·05 (2-tailed).

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Significant correlation of P < 0·001(2-tailed).