Table 2.

The Spearman correlation coefficients between anthropometric measurements in childhood and adulthood

Measurements in childhood	Measurements in adulthood
	Weight	BMI	Waist circumference
Men
Weight	0.45	0.32	0.28a
BMI	0.41	0.41	0.30
Triceps skinfold	0.32	0.35	0.28
Subscapular skinfold	0.34	0.34	0.28a
Women
Weight	0.56	0.46	0.44
BMI	0.51	0.53	0.46
Triceps skinfold	0.40	0.41	0.40
Subscapular skinfold	0.44	0.47	0.44

All P values <0.001.

^astatistically significant differences between correlation coefficients of men and women.

Abbreviations: BMI body mass index.