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Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Aug 16;38(5):719–723. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.153

Table 2.

Spearman’s correlation coefficients among primary adiposity variables

	Age-adjusted correlations
	Arm fat	Leg fat	Trunk fat	Total fat	VAT	IHL	IMCL
Age-, sex- and height (m²)-adjusted correlations
Arm fat		0.86^*	0.86^*	0.95^*	0.16	0.20	−0.08
Leg fat	0.87^*		0.68^*	0.90^*	0.04	0.01	−0.20
Trunk fat	0.88^*	0.78^*		0.92^*	0.21	0.40^**	0.09
Total fat	0.94^*	0.92^*	0.95^*		0.15	0.23^****	−0.06
VAT	0.29^***	0.24^****	0.31^***	0.28^****		0.28^****	0.12
IHL	0.30^***	0.24^****	0.34^***	0.30^***	0.09		0.27^****
IMCL	0.11	0.10	0.18	0.15	0.05	0.21

Abbreviations: IHL, intrahepatic lipids; IMCL, intramyocellular lipids; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

P≤0.0001,

^**

P≤0.001,

^***

P≤0.01,

^****

P≤0.05.