Adiposity and Health Status among Adult Male Mundas and Oraons of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India

Table 4

Correlation matrix showing association between age with overall adiposity and central adiposity measures.

Community	Variables	AGEY	WSTCIR	BMI	WHR	WHTR	CI	PBF	FM	FMI	BAI
Munda	AGEY	1.000	0.062	−0.202*	0.265**	0.137	0.265**	−0.046	−0.065	−0.051	−0.024
	WSTCIR		1.000	0.580**	0.566**	0.875**	0.654**	0.545**	0.596**	0.583**	0.462**
	BMI			1.000	0.003	0.306**	−0.193*	0.542**	0.675**	0.621**	0.188
	WHR				1.000	0.596**	0.652**	0.076	0.054	0.078	−0.082
	WHTR					1.000	0.638**	0.497**	0.494**	0.545**	0.718**
	CI						1.000	0.103	0.066	0.066	0.189
	PBF							1.000	0.973**	0.981**	0.464**
	FM								1.000	0.989**	0.448**
	FMI									1.000	0.523**
	BAI										1
Oraon	AGEY	1	−0.041	−0.348**	0.225*	0.007	0.256**	−0.100	−0.143	−0.136	−0.115
	WSTCIR		1	0.668**	0.760**	0.803**	0.737**	0.613**	0.644**	0.604**	0.297**
	BMI			1	0.185	0.419**	0.056	0.645**	0.774**	0.707**	0.215*
	WHR				1	0.715**	0.802**	0.276**	0.240*	0.250*	0.151
	WHTR					1	0.499**	0.525**	0.508**	0.620**	0.762**
	CI						1	0.220*	0.173	0.100	−0.089
	PBF							1	0.971**	0.962**	0.340**
	FM								1	0.967**	0.320**
	FMI									1	0.524**
	BAI										1

∗Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2 tailed).
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2 tailed).