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. 2012 Mar 5;22(2):130–135. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20110100

Table 3. Correlation of DXA adiposity measures with BMI in mothers and daughtersa .

    % Total
body fat
Android fat
(kg)
Gynoid fat
(kg)
Android:
gynoid fat
ratio
Trunk fat
(kg)
Peripheral
(arm and leg)
fat (kg)
Trunk:
peripheral
fat ratio
Mothers
(n = 101)
r 0.85 0.94 0.81 0.69 0.95 0.83 0.48
P value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
 
Daughters
(n = 112)
r 0.79 0.88 0.87 0.68 0.86 0.82 0.49
P value <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001

aSpearman rank order correlation coefficients.