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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2015 Feb 27;121(12):2036–2043. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29300

Table 2.

Anthropometric measures by sex

Males Females
Mean (SD) % Obese*
(95% CI)
Mean (SD) % Obese*
(95% CI)
Height (cm) 174.3 (8.5) -- 160.9 (7.5) --
Weight (kg) 85.9 (19.3) -- 74.9 (19.8) --
BMI (kg/m2) 28.2 (5.5) 35.7 (32.1–39.4) 28.9 (7.4) 39.7 (36.0–43.4)
% body fat by DXA 26.9 (7.4) 63.1 (59.3–66.8) 38.4 (7.7) 84.8 (81.9–87.4)
% body fat by skinfolds 23.3 (7.7) 42.5 (38.8–46.3) 32.3 (8.1) 62.1 (58.4–65.7)
WHtR 0.53 (0.08) 64.9 (61.2–68.5) 0.54 (0.10) 60.0 (56.3–63.7)

BMI, Body mass index; DXA, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry; WHtR, Waist to height ratio; CI, Confidence Interval

*

Obesity classifications are as follows: BMI ≥30.0 kg•m-2 (males and females); Body fat by skinfold and DXA males ≥25%, females ≥30%; WHtR ≥0.5 (males and females).