Table 3.

Age-controlled correlations between BMI and waist circumferences measured at 5 sites in males (∗) and females (∗∗).

	BMI	WC1	WC2	WC3	WC4	WC5
BMI	—∗	0.951∗	0.952∗	0.952∗	0.950∗	0.939∗
WC1	0.889∗∗	—∗	0.996∗	0.989∗	0.986∗	0.966∗
WC2	0.883∗∗	0.994∗∗	—∗	0.992∗	0.990∗	0.970∗
WC3	0.887∗∗	0.980∗∗	0.982∗∗	—∗	0.992∗	0.977∗
WC4	0.879∗∗	0.980∗∗	0.982∗∗	0.981∗∗	—∗	0.980∗
WC5	0/879∗∗	0.951∗∗	0.953∗∗	0.973∗∗	0.964∗∗	—∗

BMI: body mass index; WC1: immediately below the lowest rib; WC2: at the narrowest part of the torso, above the umbilicus, and below the xiphoid process; WC3: midpoint between the lowest rib and the iliac crest; WC4: 1 cm above the umbilicus; WC5: immediately above the superior border of the iliac crest.

All correlation significant at p < 0.001.