Table 4 Overlap * between BMI- and WC- based obesity among Chinese adults
From: Increasing trends in central obesity among Chinese adults with normal body mass index, 1993–2009
1993 | 1997 | 2000 | 2004 | 2006 | 2009 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Total | ||||||||||||
BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 or WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 1517 | … | 2097 | … | 3021 | … | 3362 | … | 3469 | … | 4002 | … |
Exclusive BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 | 72 | 4.7 | 64 | 3.1 | 86 | 2.8 | 103 | 3.1 | 105 | 3.0 | 34 | 0.9 |
Exclusive WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 1227 | 80.9 | 1626 | 77.5 | 2296 | 76.0 | 2555 | 76.0 | 2627 | 75.7 | 3122 | 78.0 |
Both BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2and WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 218 | 14.4 | 407 | 19.4 | 639 | 21.2 | 704 | 20.9 | 737 | 21.3 | 846 | 21.1 |
Men | ||||||||||||
BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 or WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 387 | … | 648 | … | 992 | … | 1128 | … | 1146 | … | 1363 | … |
Exclusive BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 | 47 | 12.1 | 49 | 7.5 | 49 | 4.9 | 66 | 5.9 | 70 | 6.1 | 28 | 2.1 |
Exclusive WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 270 | 69.8 | 430 | 66.4 | 676 | 68.2 | 780 | 69.1 | 794 | 69.3 | 985 | 72.3 |
Both BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2and WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 70 | 18.1 | 169 | 26.1 | 267 | 26.9 | 282 | 25.0 | 282 | 24.6 | 350 | 25.6 |
Women | ||||||||||||
BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 or WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 1130 | … | 1449 | … | 2029 | … | 2234 | … | 2323 | … | 2639 | … |
Exclusive BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 | 25 | 2.2 | 15 | 1.1 | 37 | 1.8 | 37 | 1.7 | 35 | 1.5 | 6 | 0.2 |
Exclusive WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 957 | 84.7 | 1196 | 82.5 | 1620 | 79.8 | 1775 | 79.5 | 1833 | 78.9 | 2137 | 81.0 |
Both BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2 and WC ≥ 90/80 cm | 148 | 13.0 | 238 | 16.4 | 372 | 18.4 | 422 | 18.8 | 455 | 19.6 | 496 | 18.8 |