Table 2.

Correlation matrix among %fat from DXA, hip, waist, BMI, weight, age, and height

	Pfat	Hip	Waist	BMI	Weight	Study age	Height
Pfata	1
Hipb	0.602	1
P value	0.000
Waistc	0.375	0.807	1
P value	0.000	0.000
BMI	0.569	0.837	0.815	1
P value	0.000	0.000	0.000
weight	0.226	0.741	0.827	0.838	1
P value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Study aged	0.158	0.119	0.215	0.118	0.045	1
P value	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.632
height	−0.524	0.005	0.190	−0.085	0.463	−0.107	1
P value	0.000	1.000	0.000	0.001	0.000	0.000

Note that the highest correlations with %adiposity were hip and height, however these correlates were uncorrelated with each other (R = 0.005, P = 1.0).

DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

^a%Fat as identified by the DXA methodology.

^bHip circumference.

^cWaist circumference.

^dAge of subject.