Clinical Study
The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Obesity in Firefighters
Table 2
Distribution of participants by body mass index and by waist circumference.
| Classification | Frequency ( (%)) |
| By BMI () | | Underweight () | 0 (0) | Normal weight () | 6 (5.2) | Overweight () | 50 (43.1) | Total obesity () | 60 (51.7) | Obesity I () | 41 (35.3) | Obesity II () | 15 (12.9) | Extreme obesity III () | 4 (3.4) | By waist circumference () | | Low risk† (≤102 cm) | 60 (54.1) | High risk (>102 cm) | 51 (45.9) |
|
|
BMI: body mass index; †risk for obesity-associated risk factors.
|