Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Table 3 Pearson correlation coefficients between the percentage of body fat and surrogate indices of adiposity

From: Relationship between the percentage of body fat and surrogate indices of fatness in male and female Polish active and sedentary students

Variable	Active subjects		Sedentary subjects
	Males (n = 90)	Females (n = 87)	Males (n = 49)	Females (n = 46)
BMI	0.667 (44.5)^*	0.490^a (24.0)	0.530^a (28.1)^*	0.438^b (19.2)
Waist (cm)	0.720 (51.8)	0.558^a (31.2)	0.547^a (29.9)	0.557^a (31.0)
Hip (cm)	0.650 (42.3)	0.529^a (28.0)	0.350^c (12.2)	0.091 (0.8)
WHR	0.398^b (15.9)	0.052 (0.3)	0.460^a (21.1)	0.483^a (23.4)
WHtR	0.398^b (15.9)	0.470^a (22.1)	0.694^a (48.2)	0.663^a (43.9)
BAI	0.553^a (30.6)	0.418^a (17.5)	0.600 (36.7)	0.359^c (12.9)

^*Coefficients of determination provided in brackets. ^aP < 0.001; ^bP < 0.003; ^cP < 0.02.BAI, body adiposity index; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist to hip ratio; WHtR, waist to height ratio.

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