Table 2.

Age-adjusted partial correlations between adiposity indices for white and Japanese men (N=542)

	r (P<.001 for all)
	White (n=260)				Japanese (n=282)
	VAT	SAT	BMI	WC	VAT	SAT	BMI	WC
SAD	.69	.73	.81	.82	.69	.66	.72	.75
WC	.73	.88	.87		.78	.89	.89
BMI	.69	.82			.72	.84
SAT	.56				.70

VAT = visceral adipose tissue; SAT = subcutaneous adipose tissue; BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; SAD = sagittal abdominal diameter;