Quality Assessment of Data on Waist and Hip Circumferences in the WHO MONICA Project

Table 1. MONICA Reporting Unit Aggregates, Collaborating Centres and Reporting Units where data on waist and hip circumference were collected (see Section 2.1).
Reporting Unit Aggregate (RUA) MCC Reporting Units
Abbreviation Name Middle Final
AUS-NEWa Newcastle 11 Newcastle 1-5 1-5
AUS-PERb Perth 10 Perth 2,3 2,3
BEL-CHAa Charleroi 12 Ghent/Charleroi dnc 2
BEL-GHEa Ghent 12 Ghent/Charleroi dnc 1
CAN-HALa Halifax 15 Halifax snd 1
CHN-BEIa Beijing 17 Sino-MONICA-Beijing 1 1
CZE-CZEa Czech Republic 18 Czech-MONICA 1-6 1-6
DEN-GLOa Glostrup 19 DAN-MONICA 1 1
FIN-KUOa Kuopio Province 20 FINMONICA 3 3
FIN-NKAa North Karelia 20 FINMONICA 2 2
FIN-TULa Turku/Loimaa 20 FINMONICA 6 6
FRA-LILa Lille 59 MONICA Lille snd 1
FRA-STRa Strasbourg 54 MONICA Strasbourg snd 1
FRA-TOUa Toulouse 55 MONICA Toulouse 1 1 1
GER-AURa Augsburg (rural) 26 Augsburg 2 2
GER-AUUa Augsburg (urban) 26 Augsburg 1 1
GER-COTa Cottbus 23 MONICA East Germany 2 snd
GER-EGEb MONICA East Germany 23 MONICA East Germany dnc 17,19
GER-ERFa Erfurt 23 MONICA East Germany 4 dnc
GER-HACb Halle County 23 MONICA East Germany 8,12,14 snd
GER-KMSe Karl-Marx-Stadt County 23 MONICA East Germany 15 snd
Reporting Unit Aggregate (RUA) MCC Reporting Units
Abbreviation Name Middle Final
ICE-ICEa Iceland 28 Iceland dnc 1-2
ITA-BRIa Area Brianza 57 Area Brianza 1 1
ITA-FRIa Friuli 32 MONICA-Friuli 1-5 1-5
LTU-KAUa Kaunas 45 Kaunas dnc 1
NEZ-AUCa Auckland 33 Auckland snd 1
POL-TARa Tarnobrzeg Voivodship 35 Pol-MONICA-Krakow dnc 1-2
POL-WARa Warsaw 36 Pol-MONICA-Warsaw dnc 1-2
RUS-MOCa Moscow (control) 46 Moscow dnc 1
RUS-MOIa Moscow (intervention) 46 Moscow dnc 2
SPA-CATa Catalonia 39 MONICA-Catalonia 3 3
SWE-GOTa Gothenburg 40 GOT-MONICA 1 1
SWE-NSWa Northern Sweden 60 Northern Sweden 1-2 1-2
SWI-TICa Ticino 50 MONICA-Switzerland dnc 3
SWI-VAFa Vaud/Fribourg 50 MONICA-Switzerland dnc 1
UNK-BELa Belfast 34 Belfast dnc 1
UNK-GLAa Glasgow 37 Scottish MONICA 1 1
YUG-NOSa Novi Sad 49 Novi Sad 1 1
Reporting Unit Aggregate (RUA) MCC Reporting Units
Abbreviation Name Middle Final

Key: snd = survey not done, dnc = data on waist and hip were not collected
1 In the middle survey, only men were examined.