Research Article

Overweight and Obesity among Palestinian Adults: Analyses of the Anthropometric Data from the First National Health and Nutrition Survey (1999-2000)

Table 3

Percentage of adults in each BMI category, increasing risk for CVD as defined by waist circumference and WHR according to sex and age group: findings of the first national health and nutrition survey (FNHANS) 1999-2000.

BMI categoriesWaist circumferenceWHR increased Risk
GenderAge groups 𝑛 Underweight (<18.5)Normal (18.5–24.9)Overweight (25.0–29.9)Obese ≥ 30Class I (30.0–34.9)Class II (35.0–39.9)Class III ≥ 40 𝑛 Normal risk M: <94 cm F: <80 cmIncreased risk M: >94 cm F: >80 cmHigh risk M: >102 cm F: >88 cm 𝑛 Normal risk M: <0.95 F: <0.80Increased risk M: >0.95 F: >0.80

Male18 –242683.462.326.1bcde8.2cde6.71.50.026583.4bcde9.8cd6.8cde26587.9cde12.1cde
25–345802.446.038.4a13.1ade10.72.20.257470.0acde16.413.6cde57484.0cde16.0cde
35–445551.135.1ab44.0a19.8ab16.42.90.555053.5abd23.3a23.3abde54970.1ab29.9ab
45–542160.022.7ab 4 8 . 1 a 29.2ab22.75.60.921638.0abc25.9a36.1abc21659.7ab40.3ab
55–641060.019.8ab 5 0 . 9 a 29.2ab21.76.60.910643.4ab17.938.7abc10661.3ab38.7ab
186417251.740.5*40.3***17.514.13.00.4171161.118.920.0171075.724.3
Female18–242842.563.7bcde26.17.7bcde6.71.10.028353.4bcde23.0de23.7bcde28346.3bcde53.7bcde
25–345392.238.435.423.9acde17.85.40.753924.1acde29.5cde46.4acde53735.4acde64.6acde
35–444430.720.5ab39.5 3 9 . 3 a b 26.28.84.343813.0ab21.5be65.5abde43823.7abd76.3abd
45–542390.412.1ab37.2 5 0 . 2 a b 28.016.35.92399.2ab11.7ab79.1abc23914.2abd85.8abd
55–641480.09.5ab39.2 5 1 . 4 a b 26.418.26.81488.8ab6.8abc84.5abc14613.0ab87.0+
186416531.431.635.531.5***20.48.32.8164722.621.655.7164329.170.9

Total18–245522.9cde63.0bcde26.1bcde8.0bcde6.71.30.054867.9bcde16.6b15.5bcde54866.4cde33.6cde
25–3411192.342.4acde37.0a18.3acde14.13.80.4111347.8acde22.7ae29.5acde111160.5cde39.5cde
35–449980.9a28.7abde42.0a28.5abde20.75.52.298835.5abde22.5e42.0abde98749.5abde50.5abde
45–544550.2a17.1abc42.4a40.2abc25.511.23.545522.9abc18.558.7abc45535.8abd64.2abd
55–642540.013.8abc44.1a42.1abc24.413.44.325423.2abc11.4bc65.4abc25233.3abc66.7abd
186433781.536.138.024.417.25.61.6335842.220.237.6335352.847.2

Obese group consists of all three classes of obesity (i.e. BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). M: male, F: female. 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 , 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 0 , 𝑃 < 0 . 0 0 1 : denotes significant difference between men and women of same age groups and BMI category. abcdeDifferent superscripts within a column denote significant differences between age groups at 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 .