Table 2.

Correlation (r value) between the general, anteroposterior, and mediolateral stability indexes and height (cm), body mass (kg), and BMI (kg/m²).

Stability index	Height R (P value)	Body mass R (P value)	BMI R (P value)
General (N = 40)
Overall balance	0.624 (0.000)*	0.808 (0.000)*	0.647 (0.000)*
Anteroposterior	0.598 (0.000)*	0.779 (0.000)*	0.627 (0.000)*
Mediolateral	0.631 (0.000)*	0.813 (0.000)*	0.650 (0.000)*
Male (N = 25)
Overall balance	0.423 (0.117)	0.864 (0.000)*	0.804 (0.000)*
Anteroposterior	0.408 (0.132)	0.829 (0.000)*	0.767 (0.000)*
Mediolateral	0.449 (0.094)	0.885 (0.000)*	0.822 (0.000)*
Female (N = 15)
Overall balance	0.530 (0.000)*	0.680 (0.000)*	0.411 (0.041)*
Anteroposterior	0.488 (0.013)*	0.636 (0.001)*	0.391 (0.053)*
Mediolateral	0.534 (0.006)*	0.688 (0.000)*	0.415 (0.039)*

*P ≤ 0.05—Pearson's coefficient.

General group: all the anthropometric variables presented moderate to strong positive correlations with the postural balance variables.

Male group: the variables of body mass and BMI presented strong positive correlations with the postural balance variables.

Female group: all the anthropometric variables presented weak to moderate positive correlations with the postural balance variables.