Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults

Table 3

Pearson correlations—women.

	WAIST		HIP		WHR		WT		BMI		BSA
	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES	CURES	NHANES
WAIST			0.65	−0.002	0.45	0.83	0.60	0.90	0.01	0.15	0.12	0.19
HIP	0.79	0.87			−0.36	−0.53	0.58	0.94	−0.02	0.23	0.07	0.10
WHR	0.40	0.69	−0.23	0.26			0.10	0.40	0.04	0.01	0.07	0.17
WT	0.63	0.90	0.62	0.94	0.09	0.40			0.86	0.94	0.97	0.99
BMI	0.57	0.92	0.60	0.93	0.04	0.46	0.86	0.94			−0.10	0.23
BSA	0.60	0.86	0.57	0.91	0.12	0.37	0.97	0.98	0.72	0.87
HT	0.06	0.07	−0.01	0.17	0.11	−0.11	0.20	0.29	−0.31	−0.05	0.42	0.44

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.