Table 3.

Mean waist circumference (WC, cm), and prevalence of abdominal overweight and abdominal obesity in Tromsø 7 (2015–2016)*

Age	Women (n=10 991)					Men (n=9962)
	n	Mean WC	SD	% abdominal overweight (95% CI†)	% abdominal obese (95% CI†)	n	Mean WC	SD	% abdominal overweight (95% CI†)	% abdominal obese (95% CI†)
40–44	1655	88.4	12.8	24.8 (22.7 to 26.9)	43.9 (41.5 to 46.4)	1463	98.6	11.8	30.0 (27.7 to 32.4)	31.5 (29.1 to 34.0)
45–49	1690	90.0	13.7	24.3 (22.3 to 26.4)	48.5 (46.1 to 50.9)	1575	99.9	11.8	29.7 (27.5 to 32.0)	36.6 (34.2 to 39.0)
50–54	1696	89.5	12.8	25.5 (23.5 to 27.7)	47.8 (45.4 to 50.2)	1429	99.6	11.2	29.3 (27.0 to 31.8)	36.5 (34.0 to 39.1)
55–59	1530	91.3	12.4	25.9 (23.7 to 28.2)	55.2 (52.7 to 57.7)	1350	100.3	10.6	30.1 (27.7 to 32.7)	39.9 (37.2 to 42.5)
60–64	1408	91.2	12.4	24.2 (22.0 to 26.5)	55.5 (52.9 to 58.2)	1319	100.4	11.1	31.0 (28.5 to 33.6)	38.7 (36.0 to 41.4)
65–69	1249	92.2	12.6	22.6 (20.3 to 25.0)	59.1 (56.3 to 61.8)	1174	101.1	11.4	30.4 (27.8 to 33.1)	42.0 (39.2 to 44.9)
70–74	854	94.3	13.0	20.8 (18.2 to 23.7)	64.9 (61.6 to 68.1)	849	102.2	11.0	28.5 (25.5 to 31.7)	47.3 (43.9 to 50.8)
75–79	498	92.8	12.8	22.5 (18.9 to 26.4)	62.0 (57.6 to 66.3)	461	101.3	10.7	34.7 (30.4 to 39.2)	40.1 (35.6 to 44.8)
80–84	267	91.2	11.5	21.7 (16.9 to 27.2)	59.9 (53.8 to 65.9)	247	101.2	9.9	29.1 (23.6 to 35.2)	43.7 (37.4 to 50.2)
85+	144	93.0	12.3	16.0 (10.4 to 23.0)	68.1 (59.8 to 75.6)	95	99.5	10.1	37.9 (28.1 to 48.4)	31.6 (22.4 to 41.9)
All	10 991	90.8	12.9	24.1 (23.3 to 24.9)	53.2 (52.2 to 54.1)	9962	100.2	11.3	30.2 (29.3 to 31.1)	38.4 (37.4 to 39.4)

The Tromsø study.

*Abdominal overweight: WC 81–88 cm (women), 95–102 cm (men). Abdominal obesity: WC >88 cm (women), >102 cm (men).

†Exact (Clopper-Pearson) CI from the binomial distribution.