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. 2022 Sep 14;19(18):11591. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191811591

Table 3.

Interpretation of the WHR and WHtR index taking into account the BMI.

Index Interpretation Underweight Normal Overweight χ2 df p V
N % N % N %
WHR No abdominal obesity 29 76.3% 70 67.3% 29 74.4% 1.41 2 0.494 0.09
Abdominal obesity 9 23.7% 34 32.7% 10 25.6%
WHtR No abdominal obesity 37 97.4% 97 93.3% 31 79.5% 8.99 2 0.011 0.22
Abdominal obesity 1 2.6% 7 6.7% 8 20.5%

N—number of participants; χ2—chi-square test; df—number of degrees of freedom; p—significance of differences test; V—Kramer’s V strength index.