. 2008 Oct 23;1(5):243–249. doi: 10.1159/000157248

Table 5.

Relationships of waist circumferences measured at four different sites and BMI with cardiometabolic risk factors in females and males (partial correlation; adjusted for age and pubertal stage)

	Females (n = 91)					Males (n = 89)
	WCR, cm	WC4, cm	WCM, cm	WCC, cm	log BMI, kg/m²	WCR, cm	WC4, cm	WCM, cm	WCC, cm	log BMI, kg/m²
Log RRsys, mm Hg	0.35^**	0.36^**	0.33^**	0.33^**	0.35^**	0.09	0.03	0.08	0.08	0.09
Log RRdias, mm Hg	0.26^*	0.30^**	0.29^**	0.26^*	0.23^*	0.23^*	0.24^*	0.24^*	0.23^*	0.14^#
Log triglycerides, mg/dl	0.22^*	0.25^*	0.26^*	0.29^** ^#	0.22^*	0.09	0.10	0.09	0.09	0.16
Cholesterol, mg/dl	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.13	0.18	0.11
LDL-C, mg/dl	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.19	0.20	0.30^**	0.30^**	0.32^**	0.36^** ^#	0.31^**
Log HDL-C, mg/dl	–0.25^*	–0.26^*	–0.25^*	–0.28^**	–0.21	–0.34^**	–0.37^***	–0.34^**	–0.33^**	–0.39^***
log glucose, mg/dl	0.22^*	0.22^*	0.23^*	0.23^*	0.11^#	0.18	0.17	0.16	0.16	0.20
Log HOMA-IR, mmol/l × µU/ml	0.36^**	0.38^***	0.38^***	0.41^***	0.23^** ^#	0.59^***	0.61^***	0.59^***	0.59^***	0.50^*** ^#

HDL-C = High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR = homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; RRdias = diastolic blood pressure; RRsys = systolic blood pressure; WCC = waist circumference assessed above the iliac crest; WC4 = waist circumference assessed 4 cm above the umbilicus; WCM = waist circumference assessed midway between the lowest rib and the iliac crest; WCR = waist circumference assessed beneath the lowest rib.

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001: correlation between WCs/BMI and cardiometabolic risk factors.

Significant difference between correlation coefficients (significance test according to Meng et al. [23]; Stöber and Hahn [24]):

WCC vs. WCR (log triglycerides in females; p < 0.05).

BMI vs. WCR, WC4, WCM, WCC (log glucose in females; all p < 0.05).

BMI vs. WCR, WC4, WCM (all p < 0.01) and BMI vs. WCC (p < 0.001; log HOMA-IR in females).

BMI vs. WCR, WC4, WCM, WCC (_logRRdias in males; all p < 0.05).

WCC vs. WCR, WC4, WCM (LDL-C in males; all p < 0.05).

BMI vs. WCR, WC4 (all p<0.01) and BMI vs. WCM and WCC (all p<0.05; _logHOMA-IR in males).