Table 5.

Correlations between percentage of ancestry, income, educational attainment and anthropometric variables. R values reported.

A. HPIs
	Income	Education	Stature	Weight	BMI	Waist Circ	Waist-Hip Ratio	Triceps skinfold
Males (N=35)
Simple correlations:
% ancestry	−0.09	−0.37***	0.17	0.35 *	0.34*	0.36*	0.12	0.34*
Partial correlations†
% ancestry	---	---	0.29	0.30	0.18	0.21	−0.01	0.24
Females (N=36)
Simple correlations:
% ancestry	−0.05	0.28 **	−0.12	0.19	0.21	0.28	0.33*	0.21
Partial correlations†
% ancestry	---	---	−0.20	0.25	0.31	0.31	0.25	0.30

B. Asian Americans Males (N=130)
	Income	Education	Stature	Weight	BMI	Waist Circ	Waist-Hip Ratio	Triceps skinfold
Males (N=130)
Simple correlations:
% ancestry	0.21**	0.44***	−0.12	−0.23**	−0.24**	−0.26**	−0.19*	−0.01
Partial correlations†
% ancestry	---	---	−0.27 **	−0.20 *	−0.08	−0.13	−0.02	−0.02
Females (N=137)
Simple correlations:
% ancestry	0.13	0.39***	−0.22**	−0.36***	− 0.30***	−0.32***	−0.15	−0.15
Partial correlations†
% ancestry	---	---	−0.26**	−0.32***	−0.20*	−0.24**	−0.14	−0.13

^†controlling for educational attainment;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01

^†controlling for educational attainment;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001