TABLE 4.

Correlation of female body shape principal components (PCs) to anthropometric, body composition, blood, and strength metrics (n = 230)¹

Parameter	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5	PC6	PC7	PC8	PC9	PC10	PC11
Age	0.16					–0.18				–0.30*	–0.16
Height	–0.95*									0.14
Weight	–0.20		–0.94*	0.13
BMI		0.14	–0.96*	0.15
Waist circ.		0.19	–0.93*	0.18
Hip circ.	–0.15		–0.91*
Arm circ.			–0.92*
Thigh circ.	–0.16		–0.85*
WHR	0.24*	0.23*	–0.50*	0.18
WHtR	0.23*	0.20	–0.90*	0.19
Fat mass			–0.94*
Lean mass	–0.36*		–0.82*	0.14						0.15
Percentage fat	0.17		–0.75*						0.17
FMI			–0.93*
FFMI		0.14	–0.87*	0.17
Visceral fat		0.17	–0.76*
Trunk fat		0.18	–0.93*	0.15
Trunk lean	–0.34*		–0.83*					–0.14
Arm fat		0.13	–0.82*
Arm lean	–0.30*		–0.71*	0.17
Leg fat	–0.14		–0.84*
Leg lean	–0.38*		–0.76*	0.13						0.19
HbA1c			–0.23*			–0.19				–0.22
Total cholesterol
LDL cholesterol
HDL cholesterol			0.33*	–0.16	–0.14
Triglycerides	0.14		–0.21	0.16
Glucose			–0.29*		0.14					–0.14
Insulin			–0.55*
HOMA-IR	0.16		–0.52*
Handgrip left	–0.34*		–0.24*		0.26*				–0.32*
Handgrip right	–0.43*		–0.24*	0.17	0.24*				–0.20
Isometric knee extension	-0.44*		-0.27*	0.33*	0.35*				-0.35*		0.21
Isokinetic knee extension	-0.34*		-0.30*		0.19		0.21		-0.16		0.21

¹Only significant correlations are shown (P < 0.05 or *P ≤ 0.001). Circ., circumference; FFM, fat-free mass; FFMI, fat-free mass index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio.