Table 3.
Waist Circumference Distribution in Baseline Year and Annualized Percentage Point Change in Follow-up Year among Women and Men aged 20–49 years, United States, Mexico, England, and China*
| US Mexican Americans |
US Non-Hispanic Whites |
US Non-Hispanic Blacks |
Mexico† | England | China | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
Baseline | Yearly change by: |
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| 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1988–94 | 2007–10 | 1999 | 2012 | 1992–93 | 2008–9 | 1993 | 2011 | |
| Waist circumference (cm), categorized |
(Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) | (Percent) |
| A. Women | ||||||||||||
| <65 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.1 | −0.1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 5.5 | −0.4 | 3.8 | −0.1 | 10.9 | −0.4 |
| 65–69 | 5.4 | −0.2 | 11.5 | −0.4 | 5.7 | −0.2 | 10.9 | −0.6 | 13.9 | −0.4 | 20.7 | −0.6 |
| 70–74 | 10.1 | −0.3 | 16.9 | −0.4 | 11.2 | −0.3 | 15.3 | −0.7 | 22.7 | −0.5 | 26.5 | −0.4 |
| 75–79 | 11.4 | −0.1 | 16.9 | −0.3 | 10.9 | −0.3 | 18.0 | −0.5 | 20.6 | −0.2 | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| 80–89 | 26,.0 | −0.1 | 23.6 | 0.2 | 25.5 | −0.2 | 29.4 | 0.0 | 23.9 | 0.2 | 18.1 | 0.7 |
| 90–99 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 13.4 | 0.3 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 15.2 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 0.4 |
| 100–109 | 12.0 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 0.2 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 110–119 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | n/a |
| 120–129 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | n/a |
| ≥130 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | n/a |
| B. Men | ||||||||||||
| <65 | 0.0 | n/a | 4.6 | n/a | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 4.6 | −0.2 | ||
| 65–69 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 15.3 | −0.7 | ||
| 70–74 | 4.5 | −0.1 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 10.3 | −0.1 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 29.0 | −1.1 | ||
| 75–79 | 10.0 | −0.4 | 10.0 | −0.2 | 14.1 | −0.1 | 8.2 | −0.1 | 20.5 | −0.4 | ||
| 80–89 | 31.2 | −0.7 | 27.6 | −0.3 | 27.2 | −0.4 | 35.4 | −0.6 | 24.0 | 0.7 | ||
| 90–99 | 31.4 | 0.2 | 32.2 | −0.2 | 24.2 | 0.0 | 34.3 | −0.1 | 5.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 100–109 | 14.7 | 0.6 | 17.3 | 0.2 | 12.7 | 0.2 | 14.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | ||
| 110–119 | 5.4 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| 120–129 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| ≥130 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | n/a | ||
*
Weighted to be nationally representative for Mexico, the United States, and England.
†
Data on men not available for Mexico.
Source: China: The China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS, 1993 and 2011)24; England: The Health Survey for England (HSE), 1992-93 and 2008-920; United States The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III-1988-94 and the combined NHANES 2007-8 plus 2009-10)19; Mexico: The Mexican Nutrition Survey 1999 (MSN 1999) and the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 (NHNS 2012)25, 26.