Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults

Table 2

Pearson correlations—men.

	WAIST		HIP		WHR		WT		BMI		BSA
	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES		NHANES
WAIST			0.72	0.18	0.42	0.84	0.60	0.90	−0.05	0.20	0.10	0.19
HIP	0.82	0.89			−0.29	−0.37	0.54	0.95	−0.01	0.20	0.05	0.20
WHR	0.45	0.77	−0.12	0.40			0.18	0.48	−0.06	0.09	0.09	0.15
WT	0.61	0.90	0.57	0.95	0.18	0.48			0.83	0.91	0.97	0.99
BMI	0.56	0.93	0.49	0.90	0.20	0.60	0.82	0.91			−0.03	0.36
BSA	0.57	0.84	0.54	0.92	0.16	0.41	0.97	0.98	0.66	0.82
HT	0.09	0.18	0.13	0.35	−0.03	−0.12	0.32	0.45	−0.26	0.05	0.53	0.61

Not bold: unadjusted.
Bold: adjusted for age, height, and weight.
WAIST: waist circumference; HIP: hip circumference; WHR: waist-to-hip ratio; WT: body weight; BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface area; HT: height; CURES: Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.