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. 2018 Oct 10;10(10):1469. doi: 10.3390/nu10101469

Table 3.

Correlation matrix (Spearman’s rho) between BIA, DXA, WC, and WHtR for fat-free mass, fat mass, and visceral adipose tissue (normal weight BMI < 25 kg/m2, overweight and obese ≥ 25 kg/m2).

Normal Weight Group (n = 10) Overweight and Obese Group (n = 20) Whole Group (n = 30)
Fat free mass
WHtR vs. BIA 0.418 0.470 * 0.500 **
WHtR vs. DXA 0.365 −0.095 0.073
WC vs. BIA 0.620 0.823 *** 0.972 ***
WC vs. DXA 0.277 0.147 0.222
BIA vs. DXA −0.292 0.425 0.323
Fat mass
WHtR vs. BIA 0.552 0.716 *** 0.815 ***
WHtR vs. DXA 0.588 0.747 *** 0.828 ***
WC vs. BIA 0.444 0.815 *** 0.888 ***
WC vs. DXA 0.571 0.836 *** 0.901 ***
BIA vs. DXA 0.588 0.989 *** 0.981 ***
Visceral adipose tissue
WHtR vs. BIA 0.409 0.870 *** 0.822 ***
WHtR vs. DXA 0.091 0.653 *** 0.743 ***
WC vs. BIA 0.573 0.987 *** 0.944 ***
WC vs. DXA 0.103 0.807 *** 0.880 ***
BIA vs. DXA 0.323 0.826 *** 0.869 ***

Data presented as rho values. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. WHtR: waist to height ratio; WC: anatomical waist circumference.