Table 4.

Correlation between BMI; sums of skinfolds and fat mass.

	Sum of 6 Skinfolds	Sum of 8 Skinfolds	FM Kerr	FM Durnin-Womersley	FM Faulkner	FM Carter
BMI	r = 0.187 p < 0.001	r = 0.218 p < 0.001	r = 0.331 p < 0.001	r = 0.411 p < 0.001	r = 0.719 p < 0.001	r = 0.613 p < 0.001
Sum of 6 skinfolds	-	r = 0.989 p < 0.001	r = 0.841 p < 0.001	r = 0.816 p < 0.001	r = 0.613 p < 0.001	r = 0.806 p < 0.001
Sum of 8 skinfolds		-	r = 0.847 p < 0.001	r = 0.849 p < 0.001	r = 0.645 p < 0.001	r = 0.820 p < 0.001
FM Kerr			-	r = 0.793 p < 0.001	r = 0.840 p < 0.001	r = 0.939 p < 0.001
FM Durnin-Womersley				-	r = 0.732 p < 0.001	r = 0.824 p < 0.001
FM Faulkner					-	r = 0.940 p < 0.001