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. 2008 Aug 11;8:282. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-282

Table 1.

Overweight and obesity (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in primary care

BMI WC
25,0 – 29,9 kg/m2 ≥ 30,0 kg/m2 > 94 & ≤ 102 cm (♂)
> 80 & ≤ 88 cm (♀)
> 102 cm (♂)
> 88 cm (♀)

% 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI % 95%CI

18–34
 male 31.2 [29.1;33.3] 13.1 [11.6;14.7] 14.0 [12.5;15.7] 12.8 [11.4;14.4]
 female 18.0 [16.8;19.3] 12.8 [11.7;13.9] 14.2 [13.1;15.4] 19.2 [18.0;20.6]
35–44
 male 42.9 [40.9;45.0] 22.0 [20.2;23.7] 23.3 [21.5;25.1] 25.7 [24.0;27.6]
 female 24.5 [23.2;25.8] 16.7 [15.6;17.8] 20.1 [18.9;21.4] 27.9 [26.6;29.3]
45–54
 male 45.2 [43.4;47.0] 27.7 [26.1;29.3] 28.6 [27.0;30.3] 36.6 [34.8;38.3]
 female 30.6 [29.3;31.9] 24.5 [23.3;25.7] 21.8 [20.7;23.0] 40.5 [39.1;41.9]
55–64
 male 50.3 [48.5;52.1] 28.6 [27.0;30.3] 28.4 [26.8;30.0] 44.3 [42.5;46.1]
 female 36.0 [34.5;37.5] 30.3 [28.9;31.8] 23.0 [21.7;24.3] 52.6 [51.0;54.2]
65–74
 male 51.6 [49.7;53.5] 30.0 [28.2;31.8] 30.2 [28.5;32.0] 49.7 [47.8;51.6]
 female 40.3 [38.6;42.0] 33.2 [31.6;34.9] 21.7 [20.2;23.1] 63.2 [61.5;64.9]
75+
 male 51.1 [48.2;54.0] 19.5 [17.3;21.9] 30.7 [28.0;33.4] 44.4 [41.5;47.3]
 female 41.2 [39.0;43.5] 24.5 [22.5;26.5] 24.1 [22.1;26.1] 58.3 [56.0;60.6]
Total
 male 45.7 [44.9;46.5] 24.7 [24.0;25.4] 26.2 [25.5;26.9] 36.4 [35.6;37.2]
 female 30.6 [30.0;31.2] 23.3 [22.8;23.9] 20.6 [20.1;21.1] 41.5 [40.8;42.1]