Table 2.
Cost of Using BMI as a Proxy for Healtha
| Abnormal cardiometabolic profile |
Normal cardiometabolic profile |
TOTAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated | "Normal" weight (BMI = 18.5 - 24.9) |
23.5% (16.3 million people)b |
76.5% (53.0 million people) |
100% (69.3 million people) |
| Treated | "Overweight" (BMI = 25.0 - 29.9) |
48.7% (34.1 million people) |
51.3% (35.9 million people)c |
100% (70.0 million people) |
| "Obese" (BMI ≥ 30.0) |
68.3% (42.0 million people) |
31.7% (19.5 million people)c |
100% (61.5 million people) |
|
| TOTAL | 46% 92.4 million people |
54% 108.4 million people |
100% 200.8 million people |
|
aBased on study by Wildman et al. [148].
bFalse negative: 16.3 million of 92.4 million (17.6%) who have abnormal cardiometabolic profile are overlooked
cFalse positive: 55.4 million of 131.5 million (42%) are identified as ill who are not