TABLE 4.

Correlations (Spearman) between child’s body composition and cardiac measures by ethnic group (WE n = 28 and SA n = 27).

		WE				SA
	BMI SDS	Whole-body fat	Arm fat	Truncal fat	BMI SDS	Whole-body fat	Arm fat	Truncal fat
IVSd	0.21	0.16	0.01	0.16	0.52*	0.45 #	0.52 #	0.50 #
LVPWd	−0.15	−0.29	−0.32	−0.25	0.52*	0.60*	0.61*	0.62*
LVIDd	0.19	0.12	−0.09	0.09	0.41 #	0.32	0.21	0.34
LVM/BSA	−0.01	−0.10	−0.23	−0.16	0.04	0.08	0.02	0.13

Significant correlations are represented by: ^#p ≤ 0.05, *p ≤ 0.01.

IVSd, Interventricular septum thickness at end-diastole; LVPWd, Left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end-diastole; LVIDd, Left ventricular internal diameter at end-diastole; LVM/BSA, Left ventricular mass corrected for body surface area. Bold indicates significant results.