Overweight and General and Abdominal Obesity in a Representative Sample of Spanish Adults: Findings from the ANIBES Study
Table 3
Anthropometric data of Spanish adults (total population) according to waist circumference classification.
Men
Women
No abdominal obesity
Abdominal obesity
No abdominal obesity
Abdominal obesity
602
196
588
269
Age (years)
37.86 ± 12.06
45.11 ± 10.91
37.51 ± 11.65
43.31 ± 11.18
Median (P25–P75)
37.0 (28.0–47.3)
46.0 (37.0–55.0)
37.0 (29.0–46.0)
47.0 (38.0–56.0)
Weight (kg)
76.5 ± 10.0
100.4 ± 15.2
60.3 ± 8.5
80.3 ± 12.7
Median (P25–P75)
76.5 (70.0–83.1)
99.1 (91.3–106.8)
59.8 (54.3–65.7)
78.8 (71.0–87.5)
Height (cm)
174.6 ± 6.87
174.3 ± 7.22
161.5 ± 6.16
161 ± 6.81
Median (P25–P75)
175.0 (170.0–180.0)
174.0 (170.0–180.0)
162.0 (157.0–166.0)
161.0 (156.0–166.0)
BMI (kg/m2)
25.1 ± 3.01
33 ± 4.63
23.1 ± 3.11
31.1 ± 5
Median (P25–P75)
25.0 (23.0–27.2)
32.5 (30.0–35.3)
22.9 (20.8–25.2)
30.1 (27.6–33.6)
Waist/height (WHtR)
0.50 ± 0.05
0.64 ± 0.06
0.47 ± 0.05
0.61 ± 0.07
Median (P25–P75)
0.51 (0.47–0.54)
0.63 (0.60–0.67)
0.47 (0.43–0.51)
0.60 (0.57–0.64)
WHtR ≥ 0.5 (%)
53.2
100.0
30.7
100.0
Composite index:
Level 1 (%)
38.4
0
62.2
0
Level 2 (%)
8.5
0
7
0
Level 3 (%)
10.3
0.5
10.4
4.8
Level 4 (%)
37.7
23.5
19.2
43.5
Level 5 (%)
5.1
76.0
1.2
51.7
) Mean ± SD; BMI: body mass index; (2) abdominal obesity: >88 cm for women and >102 cm for men; composite index: Level 1: WHtR < 0.5 and BMI < 25 kg/m2, Level 2: WHtR < 0.5 and BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, Level 3: WHtR ≥ 0.5 and BMI < 25 kg/m2, Level 4: WHtR ≥ 0.5 and BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 and BMI < 30 kg/m2, and Level 5: WHtR ≥ 0.5 and BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Significant differences between adults with or without abdominal obesity. () Significant differences between men and women in the waist circumference group (S) (Mann-Whitney test and 2-sample -test).
