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Table 2. Coefficient of correlation between measures of fat distribution with total body mass, body fat percentage and height in the total population (n=113).

Variables	Measures of fat distribution
Variables	WC	UmC	HC	Thigh	WHR	WHtR	WTR	CI	SAD	CD	CSF	PSF	CSF/PSF
BMI	0.90^b.d	0.89^b.d	0.89^b.d	0.88^b.d	0.28^b.c	0.89^b.c	0.25^b.c	0.34^b.d	0.86^b.d	0.83^b.d	0.82^b.d	0.77^b.d	0.41^b.d
BF%	0.73^b.d	0.76^b.d	0.72^b.d	0.67^b.d	0.26^b.c	0.71^b.c	0.31^b.d	0.39^b.d	0.74^b.d	0.67^b.d	0.75^b.d	0.69^b.d	0.37^b.d
Height	0.14^b	0.18^b	0.26^a.c	0.14^a	—0.13^a	—0.26^b.c	0.09^a	—0.04^a	0.11^b	0.14^b	—0.009^b	—0.02^b	0.01^a

BMI, body mass index; BF%, body fat percentage; WC, waist circumference; UmC, umbilical circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, waist/hip ratio; WHtR, waist/height ratio; WTR, waist/thigh ratio; CI, conicity index; SAD, sagittal abdominal diameter; CD, coronal diameter; CSF, central skinfolds; PSF, peripheral skinfolds; CSF/PSF, central/peripheral skin folds. ^a Pearson's correlation test. ^b Spearman's correlation test. ^c p<0.01. ^d p<0.001.