Relationship between “a body shape index (ABSI)” and body composition in obese patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 2 Pearson’s rank correlation for body mass compositions measurements in men and women

	WC	% FM	BMI	Age	ABSI	FM	FFM	FMI	FFMI	FM/FFM
Men
WC	1	0.260^f	0.693^a	0.136	0.577^a	0.833^a	0.376^a	0.827^a	0.499^a	0.668^a
% FM	0.322^g	1	0.697^a	− 0.313^g	− 0.395^a	0.892^a	− 0.106	0.916^a	− 0.069	0.932^a
BMI	0.730^a	0.691^a	1	− 0.156	− 0.164	0.885^a	0.389^a	0.908^a	0.553^a	0.736^a
Age	–	–	–	1	0.438^a	− 0.225^h	− 0.153	− 0.162	0.071	− 0.179
ABSI	0.580^a	− 0.302^d	− 0.107	–	1	− 0.124	− 0.164	− 0.092	− 0.023	− 0.061
FM	0.895^a	0.888^a	0.883^a	–	− 0.030	1	0.211ⁱ	0.975^a	0.175	0.923^a
FFM	0.406^a	− 0.164	0.374^a	–	− 0.110	0.184	1	0.081	0.794^a	-0.158
FMI	0.869^a	0.924^a	0.906^a	–	− 0.023	0.976^a	0.058	1	0.173	0.945^a
FFMI	0.495^a	− 0.049	0.573^a	–	− 0.060	0.196	0.816^a	0.188	1	− 0.135
FM/FFM	0.711^a	0.938^a	0.729^a	–	0.020	0.921^a	− 0.190	0.944^a	− 0.124	1
Women
WC	1	0.548^a	0.722^a	− 0.017	0.417^a	0.827^a	0.571^a	0.849^a	0.556^a	0.696^a
% FM	0.551^a	1	0.631^a	− 0.123	− 0.115	0.812^a	0.323^b	0.822^a	0.225^h	0.945^a
BMI	0.723^a	0.628^a	1	− 0.087	− 0.301^d	0.856^a	0.742^a	0.907^a	0.794^a	0.680^a
Age	–	–	–	1	0.220^k	− 0.236 ^l	− 0.280^m	− 0.110	− 0.029	− 0.110
ABSI	0.431^a	− 0.091	− 0.291^r	–	1	− 0.236ⁿ	− 0.270^j	− 0.182	− 0.196	− 0.097
FM	0.847^a	0.812^a	0.863^a	–	− 0.194	1	0.764^a	0.944^a	0.582^a	0.856^a
FFM	0.590^a	0.303^d	0.750^a	–	− 0.222^s	0.748^a	1	0.657^a	0.794^a	0.335^b
FMI	0.852^a	0.820^a	0.906^a	–	− 0.163	0.950^a	0.656^a	1	0.684^a	0.869^a
FFMI	0.556^a	0.224^q	0.795^a	–	− 0.194	0.593^a	0.819^a	0.685^a	1	0.243^o
FM/FFM	0.699^a	0.944^a	0.677^a	–	− 0.075	0.859^a	0.318^g	0.867^a	0.241^t	1

The upper-right triangle of the table shows correlations of the raw values, while the lower-left triangle shows correlations adjusted for age
ap = 0.000; bp = 0.001; cp = 0.016; dp = 0.003; ep = 0.010; fp = 0.011; gp = 0.002; hp = 0.028; ip = 0.039; jp = 0.008; kp = 0.029; lp = 0.021; mp = 0.005; np = 0.022; op = 0.017; pp = 0.007; qp = 0.030; rp = 0.004; sp = 0.031; tp = 0.041
ABSI A body shape index, BMI body mass index, % FM Percentage of fat mass, FM fat mass, FMI fat mass index, FFM Fat-free mass, FFMI Fat-free mass index, FM/FFM ratio between fat mass and fat-free mass, WC waist circumference

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