Table 2.

Correlations between body weight, BCS and subcutaneous fat thickness (in mm) in the five anatomical sites studied (n = 28)

	BCS	Abdomen	Thigh	Flank	Lumbar	Chest
Body weight	0.230 ns	0.415*	0.598**	0.214 ns	0.361 ns	0.268 ns
BCS		0.799**	0.708**	0.815**	0.781**	0.776**
Abdomen			0.807**	0.847**	0.873**	0.799**
Thigh				0.697**	0.744**	0.654**
Flank					0.818**	0.812**
Lumbar						0.839**

Correlation coefficient values connected with ns P > 0.05; * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01