Low Diagnostic Accuracy of Body Mass Index-Based and Waist Circumference-Based References of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in Identifying Overfat among Chinese Children and Adolescents

Table 2

Age-adjusted correlation among the different indices of obesity.

	Boys (n=1135)			Girls (n=999)
	BMI	WC	WHtR	BMI	WC	WHtR
%BF	0.747	0.748	0.779	0.930	0.823	0.777
BMI		0.918	0.877		0.930	0.813
WC			0.941			0.932

Note: BMI, body mass index; %BF, body fat percentage; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist-for-height ratio.