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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2017 Aug 14;42(2):175–182. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.194

Table 3.

Correlations of supraclavicular and gluteal PDFF with anthropometric parameters (n=61), adjusted for age and sex and divided into age groups <30 years (n=31) and ≥30 years (n=30). PDFF: proton density fat fraction, BMI: body mass index.

Parameter Age group Supraclavicular PDFF (%) Gluteal PDFF (%)
BMI (kg/m2) All r=0.71 p<0.0001 r=0.47 p=0.0002
Adjusted* r=0.64 p<0.0001 r=0.48 p=0.0001
<30 years r=0.45 p=0.01 r=0.36 p=0.05
≥30 years r=0.81 p<0.0001 r=0.58 p=0.0007
Waist circumference (cm) All r=0.70 p<0.0001 r=0.45 p=0.0003
Adjusted* r=0.67 p<0.0001 r=0.54 p<0.0001
<30 years r=0.40 p=0.02 r=0.43 p=0.02
≥30 years r=0.79 p<0.0001 r=0.53 p=0.003
Waist-to-height ratio All r=0.72 p<0.0001 r=0.52 p<0.0001
Adjusted* r=0.65 p<0.0001 r=0.54 p<0.0001
<30 years r=0.53 p=0.002 r=0.47 p=0.007
≥30 years r=0.75 p<0.0001 r=0.63 p=0.0002
*

Adjusted for age and sex.

Significant difference between age groups (p<0.05), according to Fisher z-transformation.