Table 4.

Prevalence of ‘overwaist’ (defined as a WC > 90th percentile of WC reference values [17]) according to different WC measurement sites (no gender difference: chi-square test;%)

	Females (n = 91)	Males (n = 89)
WCR, cm	13.2	15.7
WC4, cm	14.3	19.1
WCM, cm	18.7	22.5
WCC, cm	37.4	30.3

WCC = Waist circumference assessed above the iliac crest; WC4 = waist circumference assessed 4 cm above the umbilicus; WCM = waist circumference assessed midway between the lowest rib and the iliac crest; WCR = waist circumference assessed beneath the lowest rib.