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. 2019 Dec;11(12):5300–5309. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.11.54

Table 3. Correlation coefficients between anthropometric indicators according to sex.

Indicator PF ITF STF VAF SAF BMI WC Body fat percentage
PF 1 0.688 0.565 0.605 0.429 0.606 0.616 0.530
ITF 0.575 1 0.464 0.560 0.334 0.520 0.546 0.397
STF 0.481 0.312 1 0.373 0.762 0.748 0.635 0.813
VAF 0.676 0.604 0.496 1 0.138* 0.450 0.569 0.327
SAF 0.382 0.260 0.767 0.370 1 0.775 0.650 0.717
BMI 0.585 0.407 0.757 0.596 0.735 1 0.882 0.645
WC 0.563 0.423 0.612 0.584 0.578 0.747 1 0.522
Body fat percentage 0.283 0.193 0.621 0.412 0.570 0.499 0.386 1

The upper right part refers to females, and the lower left part refers to males. *P=0.071, otherwise P<0.05. PF, pericardial fat; ITF, intra thoracic fat; STF, subcutaneous thoracic fat; VAF, visceral abdominal fat; SAF, subcutaneous abdominal fat; BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference.