Table 2.

Spearman Bivariate Correlations among Total Sample, Partitioned by Gender and Ethnicity^‡ (1 SD as unit of measurement)

African-American Men							African-American Women
	VAT	SAT	BMI	Waist	SI	Age		VAT	SAT	BMI	Waist	SI	Age
VAT	-	0.65	0.59	0.77	−0.63	0.58	VAT	-	0.66	0.70	0.83	−0.57	0.66
SAT	0.65	-	0.89	0.87	−0.59	0.16 (p=0.02)	SAT	0.66	-	0.92	0.88	−0.49	0.25
BMI	0.59	0.89	-	0.88	−0.54	0.09 (p=0.16)	BMI	0.70	0.92	-	0.93	−0.51	0.27
Waist	0.77	0.87	0.88	-	−0.64	0.35	Waist	0.83	0.88	0.93	-	−0.57	0.41
Si	−0.63	−0.59	−0.54	−0.64	-	−0.26	SI	−0.57	−0.49	−0.51	−0.57	-	−0.27
Age	0.58	0.16	0.09 (p=0.16)	0.35	−0.26	-	Age	0.66	0.25	0.27	0.41	−0.28	-
Hispanic Men							Hispanic Women
	VAT	SAT	BMI	Waist	SI	Age		VAT	SAT	BMI	Waist	SI	Age
VAT	-	0.61	0.64	0.76	−0.63	0.45	VAT	-	0.63	0.69	0.77	−0.62	0.53
SAT	0.61	-	0.89	0.87	−0.61	0.003 (p=0.95)	SAT	0.63	-	0.89	0.85	−0.53	0.13
BMI	0.64	0.89	-	0.91	−0.62	0.05 (p=0.32)	BMI	0.69	0.90	-	0.91	−0.60	0.14
Waist	0.76	0.87	0.91	-	−0.69	0.21	Waist	0.77	0.85	0.91	-	−0.64	0.19
SI	−0.63	−0.61	−0.62	−0.69	-	−0.26	SI	−0.62	−0.53	−0.60	−0.64	-	−0.23
Age	0.45	0.002 (p=0.95)	0.05 (p=0.32)	0.21	−0.26	-	Age	0.53	0.13	0.14	0.19	−0.23	-

^‡unless otherwise indicated, significant at the p <0.01 level