Table 4 BF% in newly estimated 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 < 28.1

677 (82.0)

149 (18.0)

BMI < 27.5

1522 (87.1)

225 (12.9)

BMI ≥ 28.1

105 (13.7)

659 (86.3)

BMI ≥ 27.5

279 (20.0)

1,119 (80.0)

WC < 100.0

683 (75.8)

218 (24.2)

WC < 87.0

1,470 (86.7)

225 (13.3)

WC ≥ 100.0

99 (14.4)

590 (85.6)

WC ≥ 87.0

331 (22.8)

1,119 (77.2)

WHR < 0.96

543 (71.9)

212 (28.1)

WHR < 0.85

1,287 (73.3)

470 (26.8)

WHR ≥ 0.96

239 (28.6)

596 (71.4)

WHR ≥ 0.85

514 (37.0)

874 (63.0)

WHTR < 0.57

654 (79.8)

166 (20.2)

WHTR < 0.54

1,352 (86.3)

214 (13.7)

WHTR ≥ 0.57

128 (16.6)

642 (83.4)

WHTR ≥ 0.54

449 (28.4)

1,130 (71.6)

  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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