Indices of Abdominal Adiposity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Test Performance in Middle-School Students

Table 5

Correlation matrix showing anthropometric measures and cardiorespiratory fitness scores for boys.

	BMI	%BF (SKF)	%BF (BIA)	WC	WHtR	One-mile time	PACER score
BMI^1	1
%BF (SKF)^2	.612 **	1
%BF (BIA)^3	.561 **	.762 **	1
WC^4	.820 **	.522 **	.523 **	1
WHtR^5	.707 **	.625 **	.632 **	.803**	1
One-mile time	.199	.449 **	.606 **	.203	.431 **	1
PACER	−.004	−.440 **	−.477 **	−.032	−.153	−.655 **	1

¹BMI stands for Body Mass Index.
²SKF stands for %body fat estimation from the two-site skinfold method and Slaughter formula.
³BIA stands for %body fat estimation from the Omron BIA device.
⁴WC stands for waist circumference.
⁵WHtR stands for waist-to-height ratio.
* 𝑃<.05.
** 𝑃<.001.