Table 2.
Correlation Coefficients Between Measures of Body Size and Obesity by Sex in MESA Participants With CMR (N = 5,004)
| Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | BMI | FM | WC | WHR | Weight | BMI | FM | WC | WHR | |
| Weight | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||
| BMI | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 1.00 | ||||||
| FM | 0.97 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.00 | ||||
| WC | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 1.00 | ||
| WHR | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.69 | 1.00 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 1.00 |
All the correlation coefficients are significantly different from 0 (p < 0.001).
FM = fat mass; WC = waist circumference; WHR = waist-to-hip ratio; other abbreviations as in Table 1.