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Varying Sensitivity of Waist Action Levels to Identify Subjects with Overweight or Obesity in 19 Populations of the WHO MONICA Project - Tables and Figures for Waist Action Level 1

December 1999

Anu Molarius^1,2, Jacob C Seidell³, Susana Sans⁴, Jaakko Tuomilehto⁵ and Kari Kuulasmaa¹ for the WHO MONICA Project⁶

¹ MONICA Data Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
² The Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
³ Department of Chronic Disease and Environmental Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
⁴ Department of Health and Social Security, Institute of Health Studies, Barcelona, Spain
⁵ Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
⁶ Annex: Sites and key personnel of contributing MONICA Centres

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Introduction

This publication contains additional tables and figures for waist action level 1 for the article:

Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K for the WHO MONICA Project. Varying sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight or obesity in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project. J Clin Epidemiol 1999;52:1213-24.

The tables and figures were not published in the original article due to the space limits of the journal.

Tables and figures

• Table A1. Proportions of different categories of waist-hip ratio and body mass index by waist action level and unadjusted prevalence of overweight measured by waist circumference and BMI. Second MONICA survey, men aged 25-64 years.
• Table A2. Proportions of different categories of waist-hip ratio and body mass index by waist action level and unadjusted prevalence of overweight measured by waist circumference and BMI. Second MONICA survey, women aged 25-64 years.
• Figure A1. Sensitivity and specificity of waist action level 1 (>= 96 cm) in respect with BMI (>= 25 kg/m²) and waist-hip ratio (>= 0.95). Men aged 25-64 years.
• Figure A2. Sensitivity and specificity of waist action level 1 (>= 80 cm) in respect with BMI (>= 25 kg/m²) and waist-hip ratio (>= 0.80). Women aged 25-64 years.

Acknowledgements

The MONICA Centres are funded predominantly by regional and national governments, research councils, and research charities. Coordination is the responsibility of the World Health Organization (WHO), assisted by local fund raising for congresses and workshops. WHO also supports the MONICA Data Centre (MDC) in Helsinki. Not covered by this general description is the ongoing generous support of the MDC by the National Public Health Institute of Finland, and a contribution to WHO from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA for support of the MDC. The completion of the MONICA Project is generously assisted through a Concerted Action Grant from the European Community. Likewise appreciated are grants from ASTRA Hässle AB, Sweden, Hoechst AG, Germany, Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland, the Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier (IRIS), France, and Merck & Co. Inc., New Jersey, USA, to support data analysis and preparation of publications.