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Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2018 Oct 31;73(2):111–116. doi: 10.1136/jech-2018-210525

Table 2.

Mean BMI and WHR across the five Whitehall II Study Phases (1991-1994 – 2007-2009) for Men and Women Included in the Analytical Sample (n=5,460), United Kingdom.

Phase	n	BMI Mean (95% CI)	n	WHR: men Mean (95% CI)	N	WHR: women Mean (95% CI)
3	5,180	24.92 (24.79-25.04)	3,702	0.895 (892-897)	1,418	0.761 (0.756-0.765)
5	4,217	25.85 (25.72-25.99)	2,755	0.917 (0.915-0.920)	1,085	0.788 (0.783-0.792)
7	4,827	26.41 (26.26-26.55)	3,526	0.937 (0.934-0.939)	1,305	0.809 (0.804-0.814)
9	4,666	26.47 (26.32-26.63)	3,433	0.939 (0.936-0.941)	1,234	0.816 (0.811-0.821)
11	4,249	26.49 (26.33-26.65)	3,148	0.953 (0.950-0.955)	1,101	0.834 (0.829-0.839)

BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval