Body Composition Indices and Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk Profile among Urban Dwellers in Malaysia

Table 3

Adjusted correlations between ten-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and body composition measures.

Measure	Predicted CVD risk
	Males^1		Females^1		Total^2
	BMI	0.1281	<0.05	0.2715	<0.001	0.2037	<0.001
BF%	0.1310	<0.05	0.2257	<0.001	0.1842	<0.001
WHR	0.2217	<0.001	0.1119	<0.05	0.1602	<0.001
WHtR	0.1816	<0.001	0.2682	<0.001	0.2180	<0.001
WC	0.2011	<0.001	0.2655	<0.001	0.2331	<0.001

BF% = body fat percentage; BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference; WHR = waist-hip ratio; WHtR = waist-height ratio.
¹Adjusted for age, ethnicity, occupation, marital status, income level, and education level; ²adjusted for all plus gender.