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Table 3 Spearman correlations among linear growth and lean body mass measures at 6.5-10.9 years 1

From: Correlations among adiposity measures in school-aged children

 

Height

Weight

BMI

Leg length

DXA fat-free mass

BIA fat-free mass

 

Spearman R

Height

1.00

0.80

0.38

0.93

0.83

0.86

Weight

 

1.00

0.84

0.71

0.91

0.93

BMI

  

1.00

0.31

0.69

0.69

Leg length

   

1.00

0.74

0.77

DXA fat-free mass

    

1.00

0.94

BIA fat-free mass

     

1.00

  1. 1Abbreviations are as follows: BIA bioelectrical impedance. Data from 1110 participants in Project Viva. Some participants did not have data for all forms of measurement, so some correlations were among as few as 874 participants. All p-values were significant for these correlations.