Table 3 Correlations of body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (%BF) or waist circumference (WC) by obesity or non-obesity according to the obese definition of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
| Â | Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Fourth graders | Seventh graders | Fourth graders | Seventh graders | ||||
| Â | Non-obesity (n = 967) | Obesity (n = 87) | Non-obesity (n = 825) | Obesity (n = 53) | Non-obesity (n = 959) | Obesity (n = 31) | Non-obesity (n = 810) | Obesity (n = 18) |
%BF vs. BMI | 0.60 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.20 | 0.96 | 0.71 | 0.96 | 0.78 |
WC vs. BMI | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.79 |