Waist circumference measures: cutoff analyses to detect obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Southeast Brazilian middle-aged men population - a cross-sectional study

Table 1 General characteristics of the studied subjects

Age (y)	51 (47–54)^a
ABC work position (number/%)^b	199/66.3
High alcohol consumption (number/%)	61/20.3
Smokers (number/%)	38/12.7
Physical activity levels (number/%)
Sedentary or moderately active	92/30.6
Active or very active	208/69.4^#
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.8 ± 3.43
Total body fat (%)	22.76 ± 7.14
Abdominal area fat (%)	26.34 ± 10.52
WC_NR (cm)	88.7 ± 8.4
WC_MD (cm)	90.4 ± 9.5
WC_UL (cm)	92.2 ± 9.3^*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	126 ± 14
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	81 ± 10
Glucose (mg/dl)	89 (83–95)
Insulin (μIU/mL)	5.2 (3.4-8.1)
HOMA-IR	1.14 (0.73-1.81)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	214.8 ± 40.9
HDL-C (mg/dl)	44 (38–53)
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	116.5 (82.5-166)
Atherogenic index	4.68 (3.82-5.60)

n = 300; WC_NR, waist circumference at the narrowest waist, WC_MD, waist circumference at the midpoint between the superior border of the iliac crest and the inferior margin of the rib, WC_UL, waist circumference at the umbilical line. HOMA-IR, insulin resistance index; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-cholesterol.
^aData are mean ± SD or median and interquartile range of 300 subjects, according to normal distribution of the variables.
^bABC: technical staff at A, B and C work positions.
^*Statistically different from WC_NR and WC_MD.
^#Statistically different from Sedentary or moderately active.

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