Comparisons of Waist Circumference Measurements at Five Different Anatomical Sites in Chinese Children

Table 3

Age-controlled correlations between BMI and waist circumferences measured at 5 sites in males () and females ().

	BMI	WC1	WC2	WC3	WC4	WC5
BMI	—	0.951	0.952	0.952	0.950	0.939
WC1	0.889	—	0.996	0.989	0.986	0.966
WC2	0.883	0.994	—	0.992	0.990	0.970
WC3	0.887	0.980	0.982	—	0.992	0.977
WC4	0.879	0.980	0.982	0.981	—	0.980
WC5	0/879	0.951	0.953	0.973	0.964	—

BMI: body mass index; WC1: immediately below the lowest rib; WC2: at the narrowest part of the torso, above the umbilicus, and below the xiphoid process; WC3: midpoint between the lowest rib and the iliac crest; WC4: 1 cm above the umbilicus; WC5: immediately above the superior border of the iliac crest.
All correlation significant at .