Creation of an Adiposity Index for Children Aged 6–8 Years: The Gateshead Millennium Study

Table 3

Correlations (rho) between the created adiposity index, all variables included in the factor analysis, and BMI.

Variable	Adiposity index	Age	Height	Shoulders	Elbow	Wrist	Hip	Knee	Waist	Subscapular; skinfold	Triceps; skinfold	Biceps; skinfold	Suprailiac; skinfold	Fat mass; score	Lean mass; score
Age	0.14
Height	0.39	0.33
Shoulders	0.51	0.29	0.77
Elbow	0.45	0.18	0.59	0.57
Wrist	0.40	0.18	0.62	0.58	0.60
Hip	0.65	0.24	0.68	0.68	0.54	0.55
Knee	0.43	0.21	0.68	0.65	0.69	0.66	0.61
Waist	0.75	0.23	0.57	0.65	0.56	0.55	0.70	0.63
Subscapular skinfold	0.92	0.15	0.35	0.48	0.45	0.38	0.56	0.42	0.69
Triceps skinfold	0.92	0.10	0.30	0.40	0.41	0.34	0.52	0.40	0.61	0.83
Biceps skinfold	0.90	0.08	0.29	0.38	0.39	0.34	0.53	0.35	0.62	0.80	0.83
Suprailiac skinfold	0.91	0.12	0.39	0.51	0.42	0.43	0.59	0.44	0.70	0.84	0.82	0.80
Fat mass score	0.72	0.06	0.14	0.28	0.33	0.19	0.41	0.27	0.58	0.63	0.60	0.61	0.57
Lean mass score	0.24	0.09	0.11	0.27	0.32	0.35	0.26	0.40	0.38	0.30	0.28	0.26	0.29	−0.11
BMI	0.81	0.17	0.41	0.56	0.58	0.51	0.64	0.62	0.83	0.77	0.73	0.72	0.74	0.64	0.58

BMI: Body Mass Index.