Table 3. Comparison of correlation coefficients between cardiometabolic risk factors and BMI versus BAI.

Variable	BMI correlation coefficient	BAI correlation coefficient	P valuea
SEX-POOLED
PBF	0.51	0.78	<0.0001
LDL-C	0.14	0.033	0.0006
HDL-C	−0.27	−0.008	<0.0001
TG	0.32	0.054	<0.0001
M/I	−0.46	−0.37	0.001
MCRI	−0.22	−0.15	0.019
Fasting Glucose	0.17	0.064	0.0006
2-hour Glucose	0.26	0.25	0.72
Fasting Insulin	0.55	0.35	<0.0001
Carotid IMT	0.17	0.035	<0.0001
SBP	0.25	−0.002	<0.0001
DBP	0.12	−0.093	<0.0001
CRP	0.46	0.44	0.52
Adiponectin	−0.23	−0.011	<0.0001
PAI-1	0.37	0.21	<0.0001
MEN
PBF	0.79	0.63	<0.0001
LDL-C	0.14	0.15	0.82
HDL-C	−0.32	−0.21	0.0066
TG	0.36	0.23	0.0012
M/I	−0.50	−0.42	0.038
MCRI	−0.23	−0.27	0.42
Fasting Glucose	0.11	0.084	0.58
2-hour glucose	0.26	0.17	0.046
Fasting Insulin	0.6	0.46	<0.0001
Carotid IMT	0.058	0.008	0.25
SBP	0.3	0.16	0.0008
DBP	0.13	−0.009	0.0012
CRP	0.29	0.2	0.029
Adiponectin	−0.23	−0.21	0.54
PAI-1	0.4	0.25	0.0002
WOMEN
PBF	0.77	0.69	<0.0001
LDL-C	0.16	0.12	0.27
HDL-C	−0.27	−0.21	0.054
TG	0.33	0.24	0.0078
M/I	−0.45	−0.34	0.0004
MCRI	−0.22	−0.12	0.0014
Fasting Glucose	0.22	0.2	0.53
2-hour glucose	0.27	0.23	0.23
Fasting Insulin	0.52	0.38	<0.0001
Carotid IMT	0.25	0.18	0.042
SBP	0.25	0.17	0.011
DBP	0.12	0.07	0.16
CRP	0.58	0.45	<0.0001
Adiponectin	−0.25	−0.12	<0.0001
PAI-1	0.35	0.34	0.67

Correlation coefficients that are significantly greater are highlighted in bold.

^a P values from Hotelling’s T-test.