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. 2021 Mar 15;124(9):1592–1605. doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01210-y

Table 2.

Spearman correlation (R) between BIA-derived and anthropometric measures of adiposity among participants in the UK Biobank.

FMI Body fat% Whole body fat to whole body fat free mass BMI TFMI Trunk fat % Trunk fat to trunk fat free mass Leg fat Trunk to leg WC WHR
Men
  FMI 1.00
  Body fat% 0.94 1.00
  Whole body fat to whole body fat free mass 0.98 0.96 1.00
  BMI 0.58 0.45 0.42 1.00
  TFMI 0.95 0.99 0.95 0.52 1.00
  Trunk fat % 0.92 0.99 0.95 0.39 0.98 1.00
  Trunk fat to trunk fat free mass 0.92 0.99 0.95 0.39 0.98 0.99 1.00
  Leg fat −0.14 −0.23 −0.24 0.33 −0.16 −0.22 −0.22 1.00
  Trunk to leg 0.91 0.99 0.95 0.38 0.98 0.98 0.98 −0.27 1.00
  WC 0.54 0.51 0.48 0.53 0.54 0.48 0.48 0.25 0.50 1.00
  WHR 0.43 0.44 0.42 0.31 0.44 0.42 0.42 −0.11 0.43 0.75 1.00
Women
  FMI 1.00
  Body fat% 0.96 1.00
  Whole body fat to whole body fat free mass 0.96 0.99 1.00
  BMI 0.81 0.64 0.64 1.00
  TFMI 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.70 1.00
  Trunk fat % 0.91 0.97 0.97 0.56 0.98 1.00
  Trunk fat to trunk fat free mass 0.91 0.96 0.97 0.55 0.98 0.99 1.00
  Leg fat 0.07 −0.03 −0.03 0.28 0.16 0.10 0.10 1.00
  Trunk to leg 0.92 0.98 0.98 0.56 0.97 0.98 0.98 0.04 1.00
  WC 0.61 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.58 0.53 0.52 0.20 0.55 1.00
  WHR 0.28 0.25 0.25 0.24 0.23 0.20 0.21 −0.10 0.23 0.79 1.00

BMI body mass index, FMI fat mass index, TFMI trunk fat mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist to hip ratio.