Table 3.

Correlation of DXA adiposity measures with BMI in mothers and daughters^a

		% Total body fat	Android fat (kg)	Gynoid fat (kg)	Android: gynoid fat ratio	Trunk fat (kg)	Periphery (arm and leg) fat (kg)	Trunk: periphery fat ratio
Mothers (N=101)	r	0.85	0.94	0.81	0.69	0.95	0.83	0.48
	p value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Daughters (N=112)	r	0.79	0.88	0.87	0.68	0.86	0.82	0.49
	p value	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

^aSpearman rank order correlation coefficients