Table 3 Anthropometric measurements by age, sex and survey year in the study population aged ≥20 years, Lebanon 1997-2009

76.08±13.63^a

81.99±16.21^a

61.81±10.87^b

64.17±12.69^b

173.93±7.58^a

175.27±6.77^a

160.83±6.37

161.34±5.93

25.09±4.00^a

26.63±4.71^a

23.89±3.98^b

24.68±4.83^b

18.68

20.20

18.66

18.76

20.06

21.22

19.53

19.40

29.08

31.15

27.96

29.80

32.92

35.01

31.83

34.16

77.42±12.08^a

85.52±15.20^a

68.72±12.27^b

72.82±15.09^b

169.22±6.34^a

172.65±6.95^a

157.02±7.09^b

158.13±5.79^b

26.98±3.86^a

28.68±4.81^a

27.88±4.86^b

29.16±6.05^b

20.56

21.44

21.20

20.89

22.09

23.08

22.16

22.20

30.63

33.00

32.87

35.41

34.15

36.96

36.27

40.63

72.06±14.28^a

78.88±14.09^a

66.79±13.13^b

71.68±14.42^b

166.34±7.4

167.38±6.91

152.17±6.00^b

154.16±6.49^b

25.94±4.27^a

28.02±4.26^a

28.84±5.49^b

30.20±6.07^b

18.89

20.31

21.88

21.52

20.93

22.53

22.38

23.20

30.03

32.41

32.90

36.83

33.06

34.16

38.06

40.87

75.79±13.42^a

82.50±15.66^a

64.62±12.09^b

68.48±14.45^b

171.30±7.82^a

172.95±7.44^a

158.29±7.27^b

158.91±6.5^b

25.7±4.09^a

27.54±4.75^a

25.86±5.02^b

27.22±6.02^b

19.14

20.41

19.10

19.26

20.46

21.84

20.14

20.26

29.84

31.96

31.22

33.49

33.06

35.58

34.85

38.54