Research Article
Metabolic Syndrome in Canadian Adults and Adolescents: Prevalence and Associated Dietary Intake
Table 1
Waist circumference threshold for abdominal obesity.
| | Population | Men | Women |
| | White (Canadian, American, and European) | ≥102 cm | ≥88 cm | | Middle East, Mediterranean, Sub-Saharan African, and West Asian | ≥94 cm | ≥80 cm | | Asian and Latin American | ≥90 cm | ≥80 cm | | Chinese | ≥85 cm | ≥80 cm | | Japanese | ≥85 cm | ≥90 cm |
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