Table 1.
Anthropometric measurements of Irish adults aged 18–64 years between 1990 and 2011* for total population, males and females
| 1990 | 2001 | 2011 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Mean | sd | Median | n | Mean | sd | Median | n | Mean | sd | Median | P value | |
| Total population | |||||||||||||
| Weight (kg) | 590 | 70·58a | 13·69 | 68·80 | 1369 | 74·88b | 15·02 | 73·60 | 1166 | 77·96c | 16·49 | 76·10 | <0·001 |
| Height (m) | 590 | 1·67a | 0·09 | 1·66 | 1311 | 1·68b | 0·09 | 1·68 | 1167 | 1·70c | 0·10 | 1·69 | <0·001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 590 | 25·25a | 4·08 | 24·80 | 1311 | 26·35b | 4·46 | 25·72 | 1166 | 26·98c | 5·10 | 26·24 | <0·001 |
| WC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 1120 | 86·97a | 13·26 | 86·25 | 1101 | 90·75b | 13·78 | 89·15 | <0·001 |
| HC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 1118 | 102·81a | 8·96 | 102·05 | 1100 | 103·63b | 9·67 | 103·10 | 0·040 |
| WHR | − | − | − | − | 1118 | 0·84a | 0·09 | 0·84 | 1100 | 0·87b | 0·09 | 0·87 | <0·001 |
| WHtR | − | − | − | − | 1120 | 0·52a | 0·73 | 0·51 | 1099 | 0·54b | 0·82 | 0·52 | <0·001 |
| Males | |||||||||||||
| Weight (kg) | 256 | 78·09a | 12·05 | 77·80 | 655 | 82·94b | 13·30 | 82·00 | 573 | 86·22c | 15·00 | 85·10 | <0·001 |
| Height (m) | 256 | 1·74a | 0·07 | 1·74 | 613 | 1·75b | 0·07 | 1·75 | 575 | 1·77c | 0·07 | 1·77 | <0·001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 256 | 25·74a | 3·43 | 25·55 | 613 | 26·93b | 3·98 | 26·45 | 573 | 27·55c | 4·62 | 27·19 | <0·001 |
| WC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 492 | 94·33 | 11·32 | 93·15 | 530 | 95·51 | 12·65 | 95·00 | 0·120 |
| HC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 491 | 104·11 | 7·60 | 103·60 | 530 | 104·64 | 8·28 | 104·45 | 0·281 |
| WHR | − | − | − | − | 491 | 0·91 | 0·07 | 0·90 | 530 | 0·91 | 0·08 | 0·91 | 0·207 |
| WHtR | − | − | − | − | 492 | 0·54 | 0·66 | 0·53 | 530 | 0·54 | 0·75 | 0·54 | 0·541 |
| Females | |||||||||||||
| Weight (kg) | 334 | 64·82a | 11·99 | 63·00 | 714 | 67·49b | 12·50 | 65·40 | 593 | 69·98c | 13·71 | 67·50 | <0·001 |
| Height (m) | 334 | 1·61a | 0·06 | 1·74 | 698 | 1·62a | 0·06 | 1·62 | 594 | 1·63b | 0·06 | 1·63 | <0·001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 334 | 24·87a | 4·49 | 24·05 | 698 | 25·83b | 4·79 | 24·86 | 593 | 26·43c | 5·48 | 25·20 | <0·001 |
| WC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 628 | 81·19a | 11·72 | 79·10 | 571 | 86·33b | 13·32 | 83·70 | <0·001 |
| HC (cm) | − | − | − | − | 627 | 101·80 | 9·79 | 100·30 | 570 | 102·69 | 10·74 | 101·50 | 0·140 |
| WHR | − | − | − | − | 627 | 0·80a | 0·07 | 0·79 | 570 | 0·84b | 0·08 | 0·84 | <0·001 |
| WHtR | − | − | − | − | 628 | 0·50a | 0·75 | 0·49 | 569 | 0·53b | 0·89 | 0·51 | <0·001 |
n, sample number; WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; WHR, waist:hip ratio; WHtR, waist:height ratio.
a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05); general linear model comparing weight, height, BMI, WC, HC and WHR between 1990, 2001 and 2011, with Holm's sequential Bonferroni post hoc tests used to account for multiple comparisons.
*
Data for 1990 from Irish National Nutrition Survey (INNS, 1990); data for 2001 from North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey (NSIFCS, 2001); data for 2011 from National Adult Nutrition Survey (NANS, 2011).