Evaluating the potential of waist-to-BMI ratio, a body shape index, and other anthropometric parameters in predicting cardiovascular disease mortality: evidence from NHANES III

Table 2 Correlation between the 5 anthropometric parameters and FRS (N = 6,746)

Pearson Correlation Coefficients
	FRS	BMI	WC	Waist-to-BMI ratio	BRI	ABSI
FRS	1	0.02	0.25	0.29	0.07	0.34
BMI		1	0.86	-0.71	0.89	-0.11
WC			1	-0.28	0.90	0.35
Waist- to-BMI ratio				1	-0.44	0.70
BRI					1	0.29
ABSI						1

ABSI, a body shape index; BMI, body mass index; BRI, body roundness index; FRS, Framingham risk score; WC, waist circumference
All p < 0.001, except the correlation between FRS and BMI (p = 0.182)

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