Table III.

Cut-off points of body mass index in different studies and their comparison with our results

Study name [reference]	Body mass index [kg/m2]
	Men	Women
Our study (for detecting hypertension)	25.7	26.9
Our study (for detecting diabetes)	24.8	26.3
Our study (for detecting hypercholesterolemia)	24	26.1
World Health Organization (normal ranges in Asians) [12]*	18.5 to 22	18.5 to 22
Asian study (for detecting obesity) [29]	27	25
Iran (for detecting cardiovascular disease) [22]	26.9	29.1
China (for detecting chronic disease risk factors by detecting overweight) [27]*	24	24
China (for detecting chronic disease risk factors by detecting obesity) [27]*	28	28
Oman (for detecting cardiovascular disease risk factors) [6]	23.2	26.8
Tunisia (for detecting cardiovascular disease) [23]	24	27
Indian Asian (normal ranges) [28]	23	23

^*The gender difference is not mentioned in the main article