Table 2.

Table 2 Ethnicity-specific cutoff values of waist circumference indicating abdominal obesity (see 57,58, 59, 60, 61, 62)

	European, sub-Saharan Africans, Mediterraneanand Middle Eastern populations	South Asians, Chinese, and ethnic South and Central Americans	Japanese	Northern Americans
Men	≥94 cm	≥90 cm	≥90 cm	≥102 cm
Women	≥80 cm	≥80 cm	≥82-85 cm	≥88 cm