Table 2 Correlation coefficients between different measures of body mass in men (bold, upper right) and women (lower left)

	BMI	Weight	Waist	WHR	Body fat %	Height
BMI		0.86	0.70	0.34	0.58	−0.06
Weight	0.90		0.69	0.29	0.50	0.45
Waist	0.76	0.75		0.84	0.52	0.13
WHR	0.18	0.17	0.46		0.30	−0.02
Body fat %	0.83	0.73	0.66	0.15		−0.04
Height	−0.15	0.29	0.03	−0.02	−0.16

N = 11 026 men and 16 934 women. All coefficients are significant p<0.05. BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist–hip ratio.