Table 4.

Cross-tabulation of body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) for Saudi adolescents (values are %)

WHtR	BMI
	Normal	Overweight	Obese
Malea (n=1,394)
Below 50% of WHtR	83.8	14.5	1.7
At or above 50% of WHtR	7.4	28.1	64.5
Femaleb (n=1,498)
Below 50% of WHtR	85.7	12.6	1.6
At or above 50% of WHtR	18.5	39.2	42.3

^aChi-square tests and contingency coefficients for males are all significant at p=0.001;

^bChi-square tests and contingency coefficients for females are all significant at p=0.001