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NHANES III and ARIC means.


	NHANES III	NHANES III (weighted)	ARIC

Number	16034		14917
Deaths	4897		4829
% female	52	51	51
% black	28	11	24
Age (y)	43 (30–63)	41 (30–57)	54 (49–59)
Height (cm)	166 (159–174)	168 (161–176)	168 (161–176)
Weight (kg)	73 (63–85)	73 (62–85)	78 (67–89)
BMI (kg m⁻²)	26 (23–30)	25 (22–29)	27 (24–30)
WC (cm)	92 (82–102)	90 (80–101)	96 (88–105)
HC (cm)	99 (93–106)	99 (93–106)	103 (98–109)
WHR	0.92 (0.85–0.98)	0.91 (0.84–0.97)	0.94 (0.88–0.98)
ABSI ()	0.0803 (0.0764–0.0841)	0.0798 (0.0761–0.0834)	0.0823 (0.0792–0.0852)
HI (cm)	100 (96–105)	100 (96–105)	102 (98–106)

Comparison of demography and body measurements in the NHANES III and ARIC cohorts. For age and for body measurements, medians and interquartile ranges are given. For NHANES III, frequencies and quantiles were also calculated with the sample weights given to better represent the national population.

Journal of Obesity

An Anthropometric Risk Index Based on Combining Height, Weight, Waist, and Hip Measurements

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