Waist Circumference as Measure of Abdominal Fat Compartments
Figure 1
Pearson’s correlation coefficients () by ethnicity and gender for linear regression analyses of waist circumference versus total abdominal fat (TAF), subcutaneous abdominal fat (SAF), and intraperitoneal fat (IPF). Highest correlations were found for TAF, intermediate for SAF, and lowest for IPF. All correlations were significant at .
