Table 3.

Correlation of DEXA fat measurements with anthropometric data^a

	Arm fat (%)	Leg fat (%)	Trunk fat (%)	Android fat (%)	Gynoid fat (%)	Body fat (%)
BMI	0,060	0,131	− 0,013	− 0,063	− 0,028	0,081
Arm circumference	− 0,118	0,014	− 0,167	− 0,217	− 0,179	− 0,046
Arm muscle circumference	− 0,340	− 0,202	− 0,437	− 0,419	− 0,425	− 0,299
Neck circumference	− 0,449	− 0,278	− 0,411	− 0,496	− 0,391	− 0,355
Triceps skinfold	0,590*	0,627*	0,604*	0,497*	0,579*	0,655*
Subscapular skinfold	0,148	0,022	0,294	0,186	0,179	0,171
Suprailiac skinfold	− 0,041	− 0,186	0,099	0,140	0,031	−0,027
Abdominal skinfold	0,189	−0,029	0,117	0,289	−0,004	0,119
Waist circumference (WC)	−0,105	−0,110	− 0,255	−0,217	− 0,234	−0,149
Waist/Height ratio (WHR)	0,691**	0,525*	0,442	0,553*	0,482	0,538*

* p < 0.05 and ** p < 0.005

^a BMI: body mass index. Spearman’s rank correlation test