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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 23.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2008 Jul 18;101(3):424–430. doi: 10.1017/S0007114508012245

Table 5. Proportion of women with BMI of 25 kg/m2 or more, waist circumference of 80 cm or more and waist-to-height ratio of 0.5 or more according to height.

Thirds of height
1 (Lowest) 2 3 (Highest)
BMI ≥ 25kg/m2 45% 41% 39%
Waist circ ≥ 80cm 38% 42% 48%
Waist-to-height ratio ≥ 0.5 44% 37% 32%