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 categories
Waist circumference
WHR increased Risk
Gender
Age groups
Underweight (<18.5)
Normal (18.5–24.9)
Overweight (25.0–29.9)
Obese† ≥ 30
Class I (30.0–34.9)
Class II (35.0–39.9)
Class III ≥ 40
Normal risk M: <94 cm F: <80 cm
Increased risk M: >94 cm F: >80 cm
High risk M: >102 cm F: >88 cm
Normal risk M: <0.95 F: <0.80
Increased risk M: >0.95 F: >0.80
Male
18 –24
268
3.4
62.3
26.1bcde
8.2cde
6.7
1.5
0.0
265
83.4bcde
9.8cd
6.8cde
265
87.9cde
12.1cde
25–34
580
2.4
46.0
38.4a
13.1ade
10.7
2.2
0.2
574
70.0acde
16.4
13.6cde
574
84.0cde
16.0cde
35–44
555
1.1
35.1ab
44.0a
19.8ab
16.4
2.9
0.5
550
53.5abd
23.3a
23.3abde
549
70.1ab
29.9ab
45–54
216
0.0
22.7ab
29.2ab
22.7
5.6
0.9
216
38.0abc
25.9a
36.1abc
216
59.7ab
40.3ab
55–64
106
0.0
19.8ab
29.2ab
21.7
6.6
0.9
106
43.4ab
17.9
38.7abc
106
61.3ab
38.7ab
18–64
1725
1.7
40.5*
40.3***
17.5
14.1
3.0
0.4
1711
61.1
18.9
20.0
1710
75.7
24.3
Female
18–24
284
2.5
63.7bcde
26.1
7.7bcde
6.7
1.1
0.0
283
53.4bcde
23.0de
23.7bcde
283
46.3bcde
53.7bcde
25–34
539
2.2
38.4
35.4
23.9acde
17.8
5.4
0.7
539
24.1acde
29.5cde
46.4acde
537
35.4acde
64.6acde
35–44
443
0.7
20.5ab
39.5
26.2
8.8
4.3
438
13.0ab
21.5be
65.5abde
438
23.7abd
76.3abd
45–54
239
0.4
12.1ab
37.2
28.0
16.3
5.9
239
9.2ab
11.7ab
79.1abc
239
14.2abd
85.8abd
55–64
148
0.0
9.5ab
39.2
26.4
18.2
6.8
148
8.8ab
6.8abc
84.5abc
146
13.0ab
87.0+
18–64
1653
1.4
31.6
35.5
31.5***
20.4
8.3
2.8
1647
22.6
21.6
55.7
1643
29.1
70.9
Total
18–24
552
2.9cde
63.0bcde
26.1bcde
8.0bcde
6.7
1.3
0.0
548
67.9bcde
16.6b
15.5bcde
548
66.4cde
33.6cde
25–34
1119
2.3
42.4acde
37.0a
18.3acde
14.1
3.8
0.4
1113
47.8acde
22.7ae
29.5acde
1111
60.5cde
39.5cde
35–44
998
0.9a
28.7abde
42.0a
28.5abde
20.7
5.5
2.2
988
35.5abde
22.5e
42.0abde
987
49.5abde
50.5abde
45–54
455
0.2a
17.1abc
42.4a
40.2abc
25.5
11.2
3.5
455
22.9abc
18.5
58.7abc
455
35.8abd
64.2abd
55–64
254
0.0
13.8abc
44.1a
42.1abc
24.4
13.4
4.3
254
23.2abc
11.4bc
65.4abc
252
33.3abc
66.7abd
18–64
3378
1.5
36.1
38.0
24.4
17.2
5.6
1.6
3358
42.2
20.2
37.6
3353
52.8
47.2
†Obese group consists of all three classes of obesity (i.e. BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). M: male, F: female. , , : 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 .