Table 4. Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) among anthropometric parameters studied in both genders.

Age, years	BMI-NC		BMI-WC		BMI-MUAC		NC-WC		NC-MUAC		p-value
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F
6	0.70	0.69	0.85	0.86	0.72	0.67	0.64	0.61	0.67	0.68	< 0.001	< 0.001
7	0.71	0.76	0.86	0.88	0.69	0.74	0.79	0.77	0.72	0.87	< 0.001	< 0.001
8	0.70	0.84	0.87	0.88	0.66	0.81	0.72	0.80	0.62	0.68	< 0.001	< 0.001
9	0.61	0.82	0.84	0.90	0.73	0.79	0.63	0.83	0.59	0.69	< 0.001	< 0.001
10	0.71	0.78	0.88	0.93	0.68	0.81	0.73	0.81	0.64	0.87	< 0.001	< 0.001
11	0.69	0.82	0.81	0.91	0.73	0.78	0.66	0.81	0.72	0.79	< 0.001	< 0.001
12	0.74	0.76	0.91	0.89	0.75	0.75	0.82	0.79	0.72	0.67	< 0.001	< 0.001
13	0.76	0.86	0.87	0.90	0.66	0.84	0.84	0.83	0.61	0.81	< 0.001	< 0.001
14	0.80	0.85	0.88	0.89	0.74	0.82	0.85	0.74	0.64	0.75	< 0.001	< 0.001
15	0.73	0.82	0.91	0.92	0.73	0.84	0.74	0.86	0.71	0.76	< 0.001	< 0.001
16	0.80	0.79	0.87	0.85	0.78	0.74	0.84	0.84	0.62	0.66	< 0.001	< 0.001
17	0.81	0.78	0.90	0.94	0.76	0.75	0.84	0.79	0.78	0.77	< 0.001	< 0.001

BMI: body mass index; NC: neck circumference; MUAC: mean upper arm circumference; WC: waist circumference; M: male; F: female.