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

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.

ACTION LEVEL 1

WOMEN   Low BMI High BMI Prevalence (%) of
overweight defined		 Total
Population   Low WHR
(%) 1		 High WHR
(%)		 Low WHR
(%)		 High WHR
(%)		 as waist
>=80cm		 as BMI
>=25kg/m2		 N
AUS-NEW waist<80 64 14 19 3 51 52 755
waist>=80 3 16 21 60
AUS-PER waist<80 77 5 17 0.4 33 42 826
waist>=80 2 7 39 51
CHN-BEI waist<80 65 27 5 3 43 39 869
waist>=80 1 20 6 73
CZE-CZE waist<80 61 22 14 3 71 64 1410
waist>=80 2 14 14 70
DEN-GLO waist<80 42 50 4 4 38 33 735
waist>=80 3 24 14 59
FIN-KUO waist<80 72 6 20 2 44 54 826
waist>=80 1 5 29 65
FIN-NKA waist<80 71 8 19 2 44 53 1595
waist>=80 1 7 27 66
FIN-TUL waist<80 71 4 23 2 43 52 795
waist>=80 2 9 29 59
GER-AUR waist<80 62 21 14 3 48 52 1087
waist>=80 2 9 22 67
GER-AUU waist<80 73 16 9 2 46 45 863
waist>=80 2 14 22 62
GER-HAC waist<80 65 21 12 2 61 57 480
waist>=80 3 12 16 69
ITA-BRI waist<80 64 19 13 4 42 44 775
waist>=80 2 16 14 68
ITA-FRI waist<80 68 22 8 3 48 44 909
waist>=80 1 18 12 68
SPA-CAT waist<80 74 14 11 1 59 57 1199
waist>=80 1 12 14 72
SWE-GOT waist<80 81 6 12 1 35 36 782
waist>=80 5 16 24 55
SWE-NSW waist<80 61 26 9 4 40 41 804
waist>=80 2 15 13 70
UNK-GLA waist<80 67 13 18 2 48 51 797
waist>=80 2 13 24 61
YUG-NOS waist<80 50 25 19 7 55 63 791
waist>=80 1 5 14 80
1 Key: Low WHR: waist-hip ratio < 0.95
Low BMI: body mass index < 25 kg/m2
High WHR: waist-hip ratio >= 0.95
High BMI: body mass index >= 25 kg/m2