TABLE 3.

Sex differences in waist-hip ratio (WHR) and other measures of fat distribution.

Source	Country	n	Ages	Measure	Female	Male	f/m	d
Wietlisbach et al. (2013)	27 countries	40,480	35–64	WHR	0.81	0.92	0.88
Tichet et al. (1993)	France	18,393	17–60	WHR	0.79 ± 0.07	0.91 ± 0.07	0.87	1.73
*NHANES III	US	8,080	15–39	WHR	0.84 ± 0.07	0.90 ± 0.07	0.93	0.85
Qiong et al. (2017)	China	2,286	20–29	WHR	0.79 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.06	0.94	0.83
Bacopoulou et al. (2015)	Greece	1,610	12–17	WHR	0.73 ± 0.06	0.79 ± 0.06	0.92	1.00
Taylor et al. (2010)	New Zealand	206	20–26	WHR	0.78 ± 0.08	0.85 ± 0.07	0.92	1.00
Fredriks et al. (2005)	Dutch	690	18	WHR	0.75 ± 0.07	0.82 ± 0.06	0.91	1.08
Ahmad et al. (2016)	Malaysia	669	18 +	WHR	0.86 ± 0.08	0.90 ± 0.08	0.96	0,50
Ley et al. (1992)	UK DEXA	234	31–55	Waist fat	12.0 ± 1.9	18.1 ± 2.9	0.66	2.54
				Hip fat	19.4 ± 2.3	18.1 ± 1.8	1.07	0.65
				Ratio	0.62	1.00
*NHANES 99-06	US DEXA	9,359	15–49	Leg/trunk	1.02 ± 0.31	0.83 ± 0.24	1.23	0.63
*NHANES III	US skinfolds	16,539	>17	Triceps	23.7 ± 8.7	12.6 ± 6.2	1.88	1.48
	mm			Subscap.	22.6 ± 9.5	19.0 ± 7.8	1.19	1.19
				Suprailiac	21.9 ± 10.3	20.9 ± 10.0	1.05	0.09
				Thigh	28.4 ± 9.2	13.3 ± 7.0	2.12	1.87

*New analyses (see section “Materials and Methods”).