Interrelationships between BMI, skinfold thicknesses, percent body fat, and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. children and adolescents

Table 4 Correlations between the CVD risk factors and measures of body size, by sex

Sex	Characteristic	Total cholesterol	Triglycerides	LDL cholesterol	Non-HDL Cholesterol	HDL cholesterol	SBP	DBP
Boys	Adjusted BMI	0.20	0.39	0.24	0.31	−0.34	0.32	−0.01
	PBF_Slaughter	0.21	0.40	0.25	0.32	−0.34	0.25*	0.02*
	PBF_DXA	0.20	0.37	0.25	0.31	−0.33	0.27*	0.03*
Girls	Adjusted BMI	0.07	0.14	0.11	0.19	−0.31	0.32	−0.01
	PBF_Slaughter	0.10	0.15	0.11	0.21	−0.29	0.21*	0.08*
	PBF_DXA	0.11	0.15	0.15	0.22	−0.29	0.21*	0.05*

^a Levels of triglycerides were log transformed
* P-values assesses whether the correlation between the risk factor and adjusted BMI is equal to the correlation between the risk factor and either PBF_Slaughter or PBF_DXA . Among boys, for example, levels of SBP were more strongly associated with adjusted BMI (r = 0.32) than with PBF_DXA (r = 0.25). * p ≤ 0.01, H₀: correlation of risk factor with adjusted BMI is equal to its correlation with PBF_Slaughter or PBF_DXA

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