Table 2 BF% in non-obesity and obesity categories based on BMI, WC, WHR, WHTR, stratified by gender.

From: Optimal cut-off values for anthropometric measures of obesity in screening for cardiometabolic disorders in adults

 

Men

Women

BF < 25.8%

BF ≥ 25.8%

BF < 37.1%

BF ≥ 37.1%

BMI < 30, n (row%)

755 (66.9)

374 (33.1)

1744 (74.4)

600 (25.6)

BMI ≥ 30, n (row%)

27 (5.9)

434 (94.1)

57 (7.1)

744 (92.9)

WC normal, n (row%)

451 (89.7)

52 (10.3)

853 (96.3)

33 (3.7)

WC obesity, n (row%)

331 (30.5)

756 (69.6)

948 (42.0)

1,311 (58.0)

WHR normal, n (row%)

49 (89.1)

6 (10.9)

203 (88.3)

27 (11.7)

WHR obesity, n (row%)

733 (47.8)

802 (52.3)

1598 (54.8)

1,317 (45.2)

WHTR normal, n (row%)

176 (96.2)

7 (3.8)

885 (93.4)

63 (6.7)

WHTR obesity, n (row%)

606 (43.1)

801 (56.9)

916 (41.7)

1,281 (58.3)

  1. BMI body mass index (kg/m2), WC waist circumference (cm), WHR waist-to-hip ratio, WHTR waist- to-height ratio, BF body fat (%).
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