Table 2.

Pearson Correlation Coefficients between BAI, BMI, and Other Adiposity Markers

	BAI			BMI
	Caucasian	African American	Filipina	Caucasian	African American	Filipina
BMI	0.876*	0.786*a	0.797*a	–	–	–
Weight	0.641*	0.592*	0.473*a	–	–	–
Height	–	–	–	–	–	–
Hip circumference	–	–	–	0.881*	0.793*ab	0.854*
Waist circumference	0.638*	0.507*a	0.587*	0.837*	0.847*	0.840*
Waist:hip ratio	0.186*	−0.115*ab	0.170*	0.421*	0.336*	0.423*
Body fat	0.818*	0.750*a	0.695*a	0.831*	0.819*b	0.690*a
Truncal fat	0.805*	0.700*a	0.708*a	0.856*	0.834*b	0.732*a
Right leg fat	0.678*	0.753*b	0.476*a	0.607*	0.673*b	0.393*a
Left leg fat	0.700*	0.728*b	0.462*a	0.622*	0.668*b	0.371*a

^*Correlation coefficient statistically significant (p<0.05)

^aStatistically different correlation coefficients with Caucasian as the Reference Group

^bStatistically different correlation coefficients between African American and Filipina groups

Correlations not obtained for measures used to calculate BAI and BMI