. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 7.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Mar 15;24(5):1061–1069. doi: 10.1002/oby.21461

TABLE 2.

Baseline anthropometric measures of WHI OS participants, across age groups at the time of enrollment

	Total (n = 77,505)	Age 50–59 years (n = 25,716)	Age 60–69 years (n = 34,176)	Age 70 years (n = 17,613)
ABSI	0.74 ± 0.06	0.73 ± 0.06	0.74 ± 0.06	0.75 ± 0.06
BAI	33.1 ± 6.2	32.8 ± 6.4	33.2 ± 6.2	33.2 ± 5.9
BMI (kg/m²)	27.2 ± 5.8	27.3 ± 6.2	27.3 ± 5.8	26.6 ± 5.2
Weight (kg)	71.1 ± 15.7	72.7 ± 17.0	71.5 ± 15.5	68.0 ± 13.8
Waist circumference (cm)	84.5 ± 13.5	83.8 ± 14.1	85.1 ± 13.5	84.4 ± 12.4
Hip circumference (cm)	104.9 ± 11.9	105.6 ± 12.4	105.2 ± 11.8	103.2 ± 10.9
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.80 ± 0.08	0.79 ± 0.08	0.81 ± 0.08	0.82 ± 0.08

Values given as mean ± SD. All P < 0.001 (ANOVA).

ABSI, a body shape index; BAI; body adiposity index; BMI; body mass index.