Table 1

Pearson's correlation coefficients (and partial correlation coefficients controlling for age) for the correlations between height, trunk, leg length, leg length/trunk ratio and BMI

Height Trunk length Leg length Leg:trunk ratio BMI
Height1.00
Trunk length0.78 (0.78)1.00
Leg length0.88 (0.88)0.40 (0.39)1.00
Leg:trunk ratio0.72 (0.73)0.13 (0.13)0.96 (0.96)1.00
BMI−0.013 (−0.017)* 0.17 (0.16)−0.14 (−0.15)−0.20 (−0.20)1.00
  • All correlations p<0.0001 except *, direct correlation p=0.53, partial correlation p=0.40.