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

Table 3.Waist and hip measurement: number of observations, proportion of missing data, mean value and standard deviation, ages 25-64 (see Section 4.2).
RUA Survey Number of obs. % missing WAIST (cm) HIP (cm)
WAIST HIP WAIST HIP WHCODER Mean STD Mean STD
AUS-NEWa Mid
Fin
 1347
1325
 1347
1325
 0.1
0.2
 0.1
0.2
 0.1
0.2
 90
92
 13.6
13.5
 103
106
 9.7
9.6
AUS-PERb Mid
Fin
 1640
1550
 1640
1550
 0.2
4.8
 0.2
4.8
 0.1
4.8
 84
89
 12.6
12.9
 101
105
 8.0
9.0
BEL-CHAa Fin 1098 1098 39.1 39.1 39.1 87 13.2 96 10.5
BEL-GHEa Fin 1332 1332 26.8 26.8 26.1 85 12.1 99 8.8
CAN-HALa Fin 730 730 23.2 23.2 23.2 91 14.0 106 9.8
CHN-BEIa Mid
Fin
 1566
1429
 1566
1429
 0.4
0.0
 0.5
0.0
 0.1
0.0
 80
80
 10.6
10.5
 96
96
 7.0
7.5
CZE-CZEa Mid
Fin
 2769
2353
 2769
2353
 0.1
0.3
 0.1
0.3
 100.0
0.3
 93
89
 13.4
12.9
 105
102
 10.1
10.2
DEN-GLOa Mid
Fin
 1504
1625
 1504
1625
 1.9
0.4
 1.9
0.4
 1.9
0.4
 86
85
 12.5
12.2
 95
98
 9.6
8.2
FIN-KUOa Mid
Fin
 1603
1552
 1603
1552
 3.7
0.1
 3.7
0.1
 3.7
0.1
 86
88
 12.3
13.2
 102
102
 7.9
8.0
FIN-NKAa Mid
Fin
 3133
1437
 3133
1437
 4.6
0.1
 4.6
0.1
 4.6
0.1
 86
88
 13.0
13.2
 102
103
 8.3
7.9
FIN-TULa Mid
Fin
 1549
1548
 1549
1548
 3.3
0.1
 3.3
0.2
 3.3
0.3
 86
87
 12.6
13.7
 102
102
 7.9
7.8
FRA-LILa Fin 1149 1149 0.2 0.3 0.2 91 13.9 103 10.2
FRA-STRa Fin 1079 1079 1.9 2.0 1.9 92 13.6 104 9.4
FRA-TOUa Mid
Fin
 586
1175
 586
1175
 0.9
0.1
 1.0
0.1
 0.0
0.1
 94
87
 10.4
12.8
 103
99
 7.3
8.5
GER-AURa Mid
Fin
 2176
2199
 2176
2199
 1.1
0.8
 1.1
0.9
 100.0
0.0
 88
89
 12.8
13.2
 102
104
 9.2
8.7
GER-AUUa Mid
Fin
 1773
1700
 1773
1700
 2.8
0.9
 2.8
0.9
 100.0
0.0
 87
88
 12.8
12.9
 101
102
 8.7
8.6
GER-COTa Mid 1072 1072 79.4 79.4 100.0 91 12.9 104 9.3
GER-EGEb Fin 1159 1159 0.5 0.5 0.1 88 12.2 102 8.9
GER-ERFa Mid 1794 1794 90.1 90.1 100.0 90 13.6 104 9.6
GER-HACb Mid 1147 1147 23.2 23.2 100.0 90 13.5 104 10.5
GER-KMSe Mid 310 310 4.2 4.2 100.0 91 10.3 103 7.9
RUA Survey Number of obs. % missing WAIST (cm) HIP (cm)
WAIST HIP WAIST HIP WHCODER Mean STD Mean STD
ICE-ICEa Fin 1798 1798 0.2 0.2 0.0 89 13.3 104 9.1
ITA-BRIa Mid
Fin
 1554
1660
 1554
1660
 4.1
1.0
 4.1
1.0
 4.2
0.1
 85
85
 11.9
11.8
 99
100
 8.7
8.3
ITA-FRIa Mid
Fin
 1814
1771
 1814
1771
 1.3
0.3
 1.3
0.3
 2.7
0.0
 86
88
 12.4
12.8
 100
101
 8.5
8.4
LTU-KAUa Fin 1239 1239 0.6 0.6 0.6 88 11.9 103 8.8
NEZ-AUCa Fin 1472 1472 0.0 0.0 0.1 84 12.5 101 8.5
POL-TARa Fin 1317 1317 0.2 0.2 0.0 90 12.5 102 10.2
POL-WARa Fin 1514 1514 0.0 0.0 0.0 88 12.8 100 10.1
RUS-MOCa Fin 1084 1084 0.0 0.0 0.0 87 12.1 105 9.7
RUS-MOIa Fin 1396 1396 5.1 5.1 0.0 86 11.4 105 9.3
SPA-CATa Mid
Fin
 2914
3434
 2914
3434
 0.1
0.2
 0.1
0.2
 0.2
0.2
 91
89
 11.8
12.1
 100
101
 7.8
8.1
SWE-GOTa Mid
Fin
 1552
1783
 1552
1783
 0.3
9.9
 0.3
9.9
 0.0
9.6
 84
86
 11.8
11.9
 100
100
 7.1
7.8
SWE-NSWa Mid
Fin
 1558
1506
 1558
1506
 0.4
1.3
 0.4
1.4
 0.2
1.5
 85
88
 11.8
12.3
 98
100
 7.6
7.8
SWI-TICa Fin 1503 1503 0.5 0.5 100.0 89 12.0 103 8.3
SWI-VAFa Fin 1544 1544 0.3 0.3 100.0 86 12.7 102 7.9
UNK-BELa Fin 1996 1996 0.3 0.5 0.3 86 12.3 100 9.0
UNK-GLAa Mid
Fin
 1491
1817
 1491
1817
 0.2
0.4
 0.1
0.3
 0.9
1.2
 87
86
 13.8
13.7
 101
101
 9.9
9.8
YUG-NOSa Mid
Fin
 1569
1554
 1569
1554
 0.0
18.3
 0.0
18.3
 0.0
18.5
 87
90
 12.8
13.4
 100
105
 9.9
9.0
RUA Survey Number of obs. % missing WAIST (cm) HIP (cm)
WAIST HIP WAIST HIP WHCODER Mean STD Mean STD