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. 2013 Sep;31(3):388–397. doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v31i3.16831

Table 3.

Comparing the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in waist-circumference quartiles based on gender

Variable	Female				Male
Variable	1^st quartile WC ≤83	2^nd quartile 83 <WC ≤93	3^rd quartile 93 <WC ≤102	4^th quartile WC >102	1^st quartile WC ≤80	2^nd quartile 80 <WC ≤88	3^rd quartile 88 <WC ≤97	4^th quartile WC >97
Diabetes mellitus	30 (1.8%)	72 (4.4%)	116 (7.5%)	176 (11.9%)	26 (1.5%)	30 (2.2%)	92 (6.0%)	146 (10.5%)
Hypertension	124 (7.4%)	218 (13.3%)	348 (22.4%)	504 (33.9%)	115 (6.7%)	140 (10.0%)	268 (17.3%)	427 (30.4%)
Dyslipidaemia	1,045 (63.3%)	1,143 (70.0%)	1,226 (79.4%)	1,229 (83.2%)	669 (39.5%)	707 (50.9%)	958 (62.5%)	1,020 (73.1%)

All p values are less than 0.001