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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Gut. 2013 Mar 5;63(2):230–235. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-304103

Table 1.

Pearson correlation coefficients between measures of obesity

Obesity measure BMI Waist circumference Hip circumference WHR
BMI n/a 0.93 0.91 0.48
Waist circumference 0.93 n/a 0.90 0.64
Hip circumference 0.91 0.90 n/a 0.26
WHR 0.48 0.64 0.26 n/a

BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio.