TABLE 2.

Pearson’s and Spearman’s Correlation Coefficients for Tested Variables in Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Whites

	TBM	BMI	RMR	%BF	FM	LBM	TG
Overall
TBM
BMI	0.933†
RMR	0.735†	0.662†
%BF	0.687†	0.743†	0.323†
FM	0.925†	0.920†	0.586†	0.902†
LBM	0.728†	0.602†	0.707†	0.023	0.414†
TGa	0.457†	0.449†	0.281†	0.419†	0.457†	0.268†
Leptin	0.536†	0.570†	0.356†	0.418†	0.510†	0.362†	0.260†
Hispanic
TBM
BMI	0.952†
RMR	0.766†	0.737†
%BF	0.715†	0.770†	0.586†
FM	0.899†	0.817†	0.655†	0.904†
LBM	0.728†	0.648†	0.695†	0.079	0.459†
TGa	0.457†	0.465†	0.255*	0.486†	0.492†	0.218
Leptin	0.536†	0.623†	0.471†	0.536†	0.612†	0.435†	0.372†
Non-Hispanic White
TBM
BMI	0.908†
RMR	0.665†	0.505†
%BF	0.614†	0.639†	0.107
FM	0.899†	0.862†	0.429†	0.890†
LBM	0.755†	0.635†	0.755†	−0.037	0.395†
TGa	0.449†	0.451†	0.313	0.288	0.385*	0.362*
Leptin	0.256	0.330*	0.074	0.044	0.158	0.302*	0.007

TBM, total body mass; RMR, resting metabolic rate; %BF, percent body fat (HW_3-C); FM, fat mass; LBM, lean body mass; TG, triglycerides.

^aFor triglycerides only: overall, N = 100; for Hispanics, N = 62; for non-Hispanic Whites, N = 38.

^*p < 0.05;

^†p < 0.01 (two-tailed).