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 |
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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.