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Table 2 The Spearman correlation coefficients between anthropometric measurements in childhood and adulthood

From: Anthropometric measurements in childhood and prediction of cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood: Kaunas cardiovascular risk cohort study

Measurements in childhood	Measurements in adulthood
Measurements in childhood	Weight	BMI	Waist circumference
Men
Weight	0.45	0.32	0.28^a
BMI	0.41	0.41	0.30
Triceps skinfold	0.32	0.35	0.28
Subscapular skinfold	0.34	0.34	0.28^a
Women
Weight	0.56	0.46	0.44
BMI	0.51	0.53	0.46
Triceps skinfold	0.40	0.41	0.40
Subscapular skinfold	0.44	0.47	0.44

All P values <0.001.
^astatistically significant differences between correlation coefficients of men and women.
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index.

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