Body adiposity index performance in estimating body fat in a sample of severely obese Brazilian patients

Nutrition Journal

Table 2 Pearson correlation coefficients between ADP-estimated BF% and independent variables

Variable	r _p	Confidence interval (95 %)		p value
Variable	r _p	Lower	Higher	p value
Age (years)	0.137	-0.098	0.357	0.252
Body weight (kg)	0.259	0.03	0.463	0.028
Height (m)	-0.156	-0.374	0.078	0.19
BMI (kg/m²)	0.529	0.338	0.677	< 0.001
Abdominal circumference (cm)	0.27	0.041	0.472	0.022
Hip circumference (cm)	0.59	0.414	0.723	< 0.001
Waist/hip ratio	-0.24	-0.447	-0.009	0.042
BF%–BAI	0.664	0.511	0.776	< 0.001

Abbreviations: ADP air displacement plethysmography, BF% body fat percentage, BMI body mass index, BAI body adiposity index, r_p Pearson correlation coefficient

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