Table 2.

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between results from the MRI, AB-140 and manual techniques

		MRI variables		AB-140 variables			Manual
		VAT area	SAAT area	Trunk Fat %	‘Visceral fat level’	WC	True WC	Umbilical WC	BMI
MEN
MRI variables	TAAT area	0.77 (0.64-0.85)	0.86 (0.77-0.91)	0.93 (0.88-0.95)	0.94 (0.90-0.96)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)	0.96 (0.93-0.97)	0.96 (0.93-0.97)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)
	VAT area		0.33 (0.08-0.54)	0.65 (0.47-0.77)	0.65 (0.47-0.77)	0.63 (0.44-0.77)	0.75 (0.61-0.84)	0.71 (0.55-0.81)	0.64 (0.46-0.77)
	SAAT area			0.85 (0.76-0.90)	0.87 (0.79-0.92)	0.86 (0.77-0.91)	0.82 (0.71-0.89)	0.85 (0.76-0.90)	0.84 (0.74-0.90)
AB-140 variables	Trunk fat %				0.96 (0.93-0.97)	0.90 (0.83-0.94)	0.91 (0.85-0.94)	0.91 (0.85-0.94)	0.87 (0.79-0.92)
	‘Visceral fat level’					0.95 (0.92-0.97)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)	0.93 (0.88-0.95)	0.89 (0.82-0.93)
	WC						0.94 (0.90-0.96)	0.95 (0.92-0.97)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)
Manual	True WC							0.99 (0.98-0.99)	0.95 (0.92-0.97)
	Umbilical WC								0.96 (0.93-0.97)
WOMEN
MRI variables	TAAT area	0.65 (0.47-0.77)	0.95 (0.92-0.97)	0.89 (0.82-0.93)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)	0.88 (0.80-0.92)	0.91 (0.85-0.94)	0.88 (0.80-0.92)	0.91 (0.85-0.94)
	VAT area		0.37 (0.13-0.57)	0.61 (0.42-0.74)	0.64 (0.46-0.77)	0.57 (0.37-0.72)	0.75 (0.61-0.84)	0.74 (0.60-0.84)	0.58 (0.38-0.73)
	SAAT area			0.83 (0.73-0.89)	0.86 (0.77-0.91)	0.84 (0.74-0.90)	0.80 (0.68-0.87)	0.76 (0.63-0.85)	0.86 (0.77-0.91)
AB-140 variables	Trunk fat %				0.97 (0.95-0.99)	0.96 (0.93-0.97)	0.89 (0.82-0.93)	0.91 (0.85-0.94)	0.83 (0.73-0.89)
	‘Visceral fat level’					0.96 (0.93-0.97)	0.90 (0.83-0.94)	0.92 (0.87-0.95)	0.86 (0.77-0.91)
	WC						0.86 (0.77-0.91)	0.90 (0.82-0.94)	0.85 (0.76-0.90)
Manual	True WC							0.95 (0.92-0.97)	0.89 (0.82-0.93)
	Umbilical WC								0.86 (0.77-0.91)

Data presented as Pearson’s correlation coefficient (95% CI).