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Table 3 Anthropometric data (means and standard deviation) and cut-off levels for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and waist/hip ratio.

From: Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden

Variable

Men

born in 1953

50 years old

n = 595

Women

born in 1953

50 years old

n = 667

Men

born in 1943

60 years old

n = 655

Height (cm)

179 (7)

166 (7)

178 (7)

Weight (kg)

85.6 (13.3)

70.5 (13.0)

86.3 (12.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

26.6 (3.7)

25.6 (4.5)

27.1 (3.7)

Waist (cm)

94.5 (9.9)

83.1 (11.4)

97.0 (10.0)

Hip (cm)

101.3 (6.6)

99.7 (9.1)

102.0 (6.5)

Waist/hip ratio

0.93 (0.06)

0.83 (0.07)

0.95 (0.06)

BMI ≥ 25 (%)

63.4

45.9

71.6

BMI ≥ 30 (%)

15.3

15.1

16.6

Waist ≥ 80 cm (%)

95.1

56.1

98.2

Waist ≥ 88 cm (%)

76.6

29.8

84.0

Waist ≥ 94 cm (%)

51.3

16.5

60.5

Waist ≥ 102 cm (%)

21.7

7.2

29.8

Waist/hip ratio >0.85 (%)

91.9

37.6

95.9

Waist/hip ratio >0.90 (%)

72.6

15.0

78.8