Table 3.

Pearson Correlation of Hip Circumference With Anthropometrics at Baseline in a Biracial Cohort of Adults, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, 1987–1989

	Black Men	Black Women	White Men	White Women
Waist circumference	0.92	0.85	0.86	0.83
Waist-hip ratio	0.38	0.29	0.29	0.29
BMI	0.90	0.92	0.84	0.91
Body weight	0.93	0.93	0.90	0.92
Height	0.26	0.10	0.31	0.16

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.