Table 2.
Waist circumference |
Health risk category c | |
Age categories (years) |
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(WC) a and BMI classification b |
All FFIT |
FFIT 35-44 |
SHeS 35-44
|
FFIT 45-54 |
SHeS 45-54
|
FFIT 55-65 |
SHeS 55-64
|
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n | n | % | % | n | % | % | n | % | % | ||
Overweight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Low WC |
No increased risk |
2 |
1 |
0.3 |
19.4 |
1 |
0.3 |
14.6 |
0 |
0.0 |
9.3 |
High WC |
Increased |
18 |
4 |
1.3 |
17.7 |
10 |
3.4 |
19.7 |
4 |
2.7 |
21.3 |
Very high WC |
High |
37 |
13 |
4.2 |
6.2 |
17 |
5.9 |
8.2 |
7 |
4.8 |
16.4 |
All overweight |
|
57 |
18 |
5.8 |
43.2
|
28 |
9.6 |
42.5
|
11 |
7.5 |
47.0
|
Obesity I |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Low WC |
Increased |
0 |
0 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
High WC |
High |
11 |
6 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
3 |
1.0 |
5.8 |
2 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
Very high WC |
Very high |
318 |
114 |
36.7 |
22.4 |
131 |
45.2 |
18.3 |
73 |
50.0 |
25.5 |
All obese I |
|
329 |
120 |
38.6 |
25.7
|
134 |
46.2 |
25.3
|
75 |
51.4 |
26.5
|
Obesity II |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Low WC |
Very high |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
High WC |
Very high |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
1 |
0.3 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
Very high WC |
Very high |
232 |
109 |
35.1 |
2.8 |
80 |
27.6 |
6.3 |
43 |
29.5 |
6.9 |
All obese II |
Very high |
233 |
109 |
35.1 |
2.8
|
81 |
27.9 |
6.3
|
43 |
29.5 |
6.9 |
Obesity III |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Low WC |
Extremely high |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
High WC |
Extremely high |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
- |
Very high WC |
Extremely high |
128 |
64 |
20.6 |
1.7 |
47 |
16.2 |
2.0 |
17 |
11.6 |
1.1 |
All obese III |
Extremely high |
128 |
64 |
20.6 |
1.7
|
47 |
16.2 |
2.0
|
17 |
11.6 |
1.1
|
Total | 747 | 311 | 100.0 | (73.4) | 290 | 99.9 | (76.1) | 146 | 100.0 | (81.5) |
+ Table adapted from Table 7.5, Scottish Health Survey (SHeS), 2011 (Volume 1 Adults [3]) to allow direct comparison with men of comparable ages in the Scottish population in 2008–2011.
a Waist circumference categories according to WHO/SIGN guidance – low: <94 cm; high: ≥94 cm and <102 cm; very high ≥102 cm; b BMI categories as defined in Table 1; c Health risk category according to SIGN guidelines [37].