Adiposity Measurements by BMI, Skinfolds and Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry in relation to Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Adult Males

Table 4

BMI/SF/DXA (𝑛=156). Partial correlation coefficients and significances between risk marker and body fat measures, independent of age, smoking, alcohol intake, and exercise habit.

	BMI	SF fat	DXA fat	SF triceps	SF biceps	SF sub-scapular	SF supra-iliac	DXA android	DXA gynoid	DXA % android	DXA % gynoid
Systolic BP	0.34^§	0.24^#	0.18*	0.20*	0.19*	0.26^#	0.13	0.17*	0.17*	0.03	−0.03
Diastolic BP	0.29^§	0.28^#	0.19*	0.16*	0.18*	0.28^§	0.18*	0.15	0.23^#	−0.06	0.07
Triglyceride	0.34^§	0.23^#	0.21*	0.00	0.23^#	0.29^§	0.22^#	0.27^#	0.06	0.26^#	−0.29^§
HDL cholesterol	−0.33^§	−0.24^#	−0.23^#	−0.06	−0.14	−0.23^#	−0.23^#	−0.24^#	−0.16	−0.17*	0.18*
FPG	0.30^§	0.32^§	0.27^#	0.14	0.22^#	0.35^§	0.22^#	0.29^§	0.18*	0.18*	−0.24^#
FPI	0.33^§	0.37^§	0.39^§	0.16	0.29^§	0.32^§	0.27^#	0.42^§	0.26^#	0.28^#	−0.28^#
HOMA-IR	0.36^§	0.39^§	0.40^§	0.17*	0.31^§	0.35^§	0.29^§	0.44^§	0.27^#	0.29^§	−0.29^§
IVGTT-Si	−0.39^§	−0.40^§	−0.39^§	−0.02	−0.31^§	−0.38^§	−0.39^§	−0.43^§	−0.25^#	−0.31^§	0.31^§
ESR	0.15	0.15	0.18*	0.13	0.23^#	0.18*	0.15	0.19*	0.10	0.10	−0.15

Significances: *𝑃<0.05; ^#𝑃<0.01; ^§𝑃<0.001.
DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; SF: skinfold thickness.