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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 20.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2011 Aug 11;15(1):158–166. doi: 10.1017/S1368980011001662

Table 4.

Waist-to-height ratio (WHTR) among children aged 7–12 and 13–17 years, Vanuatu

Boys
 Girls
Ambae Aneityum Efate Ambae Aneityum Efate
7–12 years
 Mean WHTR 0·441 0·443 0·436 0·431 0·442 0·435
  sd 0·026 0·026 0·025 0·022 0·035 0·033
 WHTR >0·5 (%) 0 1·3 0 0 5·8 2·9
13–17 years
 Mean WHTR 0·426 0·428 0·417 0·445 0·456 0·451
  sd 0·021 0·021 0·021 0·039 0·042 0·050
 WHTR >0·5 (%) 0 0 0 15·4 22·7 10·0