Table 4.

Waist circumference classification according to gender and geographical location.

Subgroups	Waist circumference classification
	Urban		Rural farm		Rural desert		Total sample
	Normal n = 383	“At risk” n = 272	Normal n = 248	“At risk” n = 131	“Normal” n = 92	“At risk” n = 73	Normal n = 723	“At risk” n = 476
Males	75.3%	24.7%	79.7%	20.3%	70.2%	29.8%	73.5%	26.5%
Females	49.5%	50.5%	49.2%	50.8%	40.7%	59.3%	45.8%	54.2%
Whole group	58.5%	41.5%	65.4%	34.6%	55.8%	44.2%	60.3%	39.7%