Risk Values of Weight and Body Mass Index for Chest Wall Thickness in Patients Requiring Needle Thoracostomy Decompression

Table 2

Correlation coefficients between variables and ICSs.

Variable	Women				Men
	2nd ICS	3rd ICS	4th ICS	5th ICS	2nd ICS	3rd ICS	4th ICS	5th ICS
Age
Height					0.318	0.304	0.236	0.188
Weight	0.566	0.624	0.603	0.569	0.663	0.769	0.749	0.731
BMI	0.591	0.660	0.629	0.608	0.622	0.755	0.764	0.764

N: sample size; sd: standard deviation; BMI: body weight index; value: difference between two means; nonsignificant.