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. 2013 Oct 5;12:135. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-12-135

Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients between self (s) and assisted (a) measures of waist, hip and waist to hip ratio, and BMI, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and non-fasting capillary blood glucose

 
BMI
BP
BP
Non-fasting
    Systolic Diastolic Blood glucose
WC (s)
.83 (.76–.88)
.29 (.12–.44)
.30 (.13–.45)
.35 (.17–.50)
WC (a)
.87 (.82–.91)
.30 (.13–.45)
.32 (.15–.47)
.35 (.17–.50)
Hip (s)
.88 (.83–.91)
.22 (.04–.38)
.26 (.09–.42)
.26 (.08–.43)
Hip (a)
.88 (.83–.91)
.20 (.03–.37)
.33 (.16–.48)
.25 (.06–.42)
WHR (s)
.34 (.17–.49)
.21 (.04 –.37)
.18 (.00– .34)
.24 (.05–.41)
WHR (a) .43 (.27–.56) .24 (.07 –.40) .14 (-.04 –.31) .27 (.08–.44)

Parenthetically, 95% confidence intervals are also shown.