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Table 8 Partial correlation between body composition, waist circumference and BMI

From: The association between dietary consumption, anthropometric measures and body composition of rural and urban Ghanaian adults: a comparative cross-sectional study

Control Variables

Variables

visceral fat

r (p-value)

body fat

r (p-value)

BMI

r (p-value)

waist circumference

r (p-value)

Age in years, Gender

visceral fat

 

0.746(< 0.001)

0.905(< 0.001)

0.799(< 0.001)

 

body fat

0.746(< 0.001)

 

0.851(< 0.001)

0.766(< 0.001)

 

BMI

0.905(< 0.001)

0.851(< 0.001)

 

0.845(< 0.001)

  1. Spearman partial correlation of body composition, waist circumference and BMI