Table 5.
Distribution of the subjects according to body mass index, waist circumference, and waist/hip ratio
| Participants, No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Risk factor | men | women | total |
| BMI (kg/m2): | |||
| <18.5 | 5 (1.4) | 5 (1.1) | 10 (1.2) |
| 18.5-24.9 | 146 (40.2) | 112 (23.0) | 258 (30.4) |
| 25.0-29.9 | 133 (36.6) | 134 (27.5) | 267 (31.4) |
| 30.0-39.9 | 79 (21.8) | 203 (41.7)§ | 282 (33.1) |
| ≥40.0 | - | 33 (6.8) | 33 (3.9) |
| Waist circumference: | |||
| high* | 149 (41,0) | 335 (68.8)§ | 484 (56.9) |
| needs intervention† | 34 (22.8) | 257 (76.7)§ | 291 (60.1) |
| Waist/hip ratio: | |||
| high | 41 (11.3) | 65 (14.5)‡ | 106 (12.5) |
*Waist circumference ≥94 cm for men and ≥80 cm for women or waist/hip ratio ≥0.95 for men and ≥0.80 for women.
†Waist circumference ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women.
‡P = 0.400, χ2 test.
§P<0.001, χ2 test.