Table 3 Age- and sex-standardized prevalence of general overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity.

From: Abdominal obesity is strongly associated with Cardiovascular Disease and its Risk Factors in Elderly and very Elderly Community-dwelling Chinese

 

6569 yr

7079 yr

≥ 80 yr

Total

P value

Men, n

831

667

247

1745

 

BMI, kg/m2

24.0

58.1 (483)

55.5 (370)

48.2 (119)

55.7 (972)

0.022

28.0

12.4 (103)

13.0 (87)

8.9 (22)

12.1 (212)

0.225

WC, cm

90 cm

42.1 (350)

48.6 (323)

47.4 (117)

45.3 (790)

0.035

WHtR

0.50

69.0 (573)

74.1 (492)

74.9 (185)

71.8 (1250)

0.045

0.53

40.6 (337)

50.0 (332)

57.1 (141)

46.5 (810)

<0.001

  Women, n

1019

825

361

2205

 

BMI, kg/m2

24.0

56.3 (574)

57.1 (471)

56.0 (202)

56.6 (1247)

0.918

28.0

16.3 (166)

15.9 (131)

16.6 (60)

16.2 (357)

0.944

WC, cm

85 cm

48.7 (496)

56.3 (464)

62.5 (225)

53.8 (1185)

0.001

WHtR

0.50

76.2 (776)

82.9 (683)

91.7 (330)

81.2 (1789)

<0.001

0.53

55.3 (563)

66.9 (547)

77.5 (279)

63.1 (1389)

<0.001

  Overall, n

1850

1492

608

3950

 

BMI, kg/m2

24.0

57.1 (1057)

56.4 (841)

52.8 (321)

56.2 (2219)

0.171

28.0

14.5 (269)

14.6 (218)

13.5 (82)

14.4 (569)

0.781

WC, cm

90M/ 85W

45.8 (846)

52.9 (787)

56.3 (342)

50.1 (1975)

<0.001

WHtR

0.50

73.0 (1349)

79.0 (1175)

84.8 (515)

77.1 (3039)

<0.001

0.53

48.7 (900)

59.1 (879)

69.2 (420)

55.8 (2199)

<0.001

  1. BMI, body mass index; WC, waist circumference; WHtR, waist–to–height ratio.
  2. Statistically significantly different from men, p < 0.05.
  3. Significantly different from men, p < 0.001.