Table 3.

Comparison of BCS and weight as predictors of percentage body fat as influenced by sex, weight, and age among all macaques

	Pearson correlation coefficient
	BCS and % body fat	Weight and %body fat
Male	0.83	0.79
Female	0.88	0.85
≤12 ya	0.82	0.52
>12 ya	0.81	0.67
≤9.2 kg	0.39	0.11
>9.2 kga	0.83	0.46

^at test comparing the 2 Pearson coefficients yielded P < 0.05.