Table 3.

Age-controlled correlations between each waist circumference and visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors.

White Males	Minimal	Midway	Iliac	Umbilicus	AA Males	Minimal	Midway	Iliac	Umbilicus
logVAT	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.86	logVAT	0.82	0.81	0.81	0.81
TG	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.42	TG	0.36	0.32	0.30	0.32
HDL-C	−0.26	−0.26	−0.27	−0.27	HDL-C	−0.27	−0.26	−0.25	−0.24
Glu	0.06	0.10	0.11	0.09	Glu	0.22	0.24	0.23	0.23
SBP	0.46	0.45	0.45	0.45	SBP	0.39	0.39	0.38	0.39
DBP	0.18	0.19	0.19	0.20	DBP	0.37	0.36	0.35	0.36
White Females	Minimal	Midway	Iliac	Umbilicus	AA Females	Minimal	Midway	Iliac	Umbilicus
logVAT	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.89	logVAT	0.87	0.87	0.86	0.87
TG	0.40	0.40	0.39	0.40	TG	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.30
HDL-C	−0.41	−0.40	−0.40	−0.41	HDL-C	−0.31	−0.31	−0.30	−0.34
Glu	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.28	Glu	0.20	0.19	0.19	0.18
SBP	0.51	0.51	0.52	0.50	SBP	0.30	0.29	0.28	0.27
DBP	0.44	0.46	0.47	0.44	DBP	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.26

Note: All bolded correlations are significant (p<.05). logVAT- log transformed visceral adipose tissue; AA- African American; TG- triglycerides; HDL-C- high density lipoprotein cholesterol; GLU- glucose; SBP- systolic blood pressure; DBP- diastolic blood pressure.