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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009 May 12;123(6):1321–7.e12. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.03.023

Table II.

Comparison of central measures of obesity with BMI percentiles in all study participants.

Obesity measures BMI percentile (%)
P value
≤ 25% > 25% – < 85% ≥ 85%
Waist circumference (cm) n (%) n (%) n (%)
   ≤ 25% 49 (43.75) 61 (54.46) 2 (1.79) <0.0001
   > 25% – < 85% 51 (17.0) 223 (74.33) 26 (8.67)
   ≥ 85% 1 (1.43) 26 (37.14) 43 (61.43)
Waist to height ratio
   ≤ 25% 63 (52.94) 54 (45.38) 2 (1.68) <0.0001
   > 25% – < 85% 37 (12.37) 246 (82.27) 16 (5.35)
   ≥ 85% 1 (1.56) 10 (15.63) 53 (82.81)
Conicity index (m/√(kg/m))
   ≤ 25% 28 (23.73) 83 (70.34) 7 (5.93) <0.0001
   >25% – < 85% 69 (23.23) 200 (67.34) 28 (9.43)
   ≥ 85% 4 (5.97) 27 (40.30) 36 (53.73)