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. 2014 Jan 21;14:50. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-50

Table 2.

Comparison of health risk category of men recruited to FFIT RCT with men in the Scottish general population by age group from the 2011 Scottish Heath Survey (SHeS) +

Waist circumference
Health risk category c  
Age categories (years)
(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
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].