Table 2.
Proportions (%) of Saudi adolescents within specific cutoff values for body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)
| Category | Al-Khobar | Jeddah | Riyadh | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Cutoff values based on BMIa | ||||||||
| Overweight | 20.7 | 21.5 | 19.6 | 19.3 | 18.5 | 22.0 | 19.5 | 20.8 |
| Obese | 22.1 | 11.6 | 26.5 | 15.5 | 22.7 | 13.8 | 24.1 | 14.0 |
| Overweight or obese | 42.8 | 33.1 | 46.1 | 34.8 | 41.2 | 35.8 | 43.6 | 34.8 |
| Cutoff values based on WHtRb | ||||||||
| At or above 50% of WHtR | 38.4 | 23.9 | 37.6 | 38.0 | 32.3 | 28.2 | 35.9 | 30.3 |
| Below 50% of WHtR | 61.6 | 76.1 | 62.4 | 62.0 | 67.7 | 74.7 | 64.1 | 69.7 |
aChi-square tests across cities: p=0.409 for males and 0.410 for females;
bChi-square tests across cities: p=0.106 for males; p<0.001 for females