TABLE 2.

Spearman correlations (r) of BMI and adipose measures in Health ABC participants¹

	BMI	VAT area	Abdominal SAT area	Thigh SAT area	Thigh IMAT area	VAT density	Abdominal SAT density	Thigh SAT density	Thigh IMAT density
BMI	1.00
VAT area	0.58	1.00
Abdominal SAT area	0.75	0.35	1.00
Thigh SAT area	0.51	0.07	0.79	1.00
Thigh IMAT area	0.66	0.48	0.58	0.38	1.00
VAT density	−0.46	−0.63	−0.42	−0.21	−0.35	1.00
Abdominal SAT density	−0.31	−0.11	−0.63	−0.56	−0.22	0.60	1.00
Thigh SAT density	−0.19	−0.03	−0.38	−0.52	−0.19	0.17	0.47	1.00
Thigh IMAT density	−0.35	−0.18	−0.57	−0.58	−0.54	0.37	0.58	0.82	1.00

¹Data are for all participants with nonmissing data for each measure of adiposity (n = 2855). P < 0.001 for all correlations except the VAT area and thigh SAT density (P = 0.13). Health ABC, Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study; IMAT, intermuscular adipose tissue; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.