Table 3
Difference between waist circumference measured according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) and World Health Organization (WHO) protocols, by sex and age group, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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Table summary
 This table displays the results of difference between waist circumference measured according to national institutes of health (nih) and world health organization (who) protocols. The information is grouped by sex/age group (years) (appearing as row headers), difference, =1 cm, =2 cm, =3 cm, =4 cm, > 4 cm and >4 cm, calculated using % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex/Age group (years) Difference
NIH measured versus WHO measured NIH predicted versus NIH measured
≤1 cm ≤2 cm ≤3 cm ≤4 cm > 4 cm ≤1 cm ≤2 cm ≤3 cm ≤4 cm >4 cm
% %
Boys 53 81 92 98 2 69 93 97 99 1
3 to 5 71 96 100 100 0 74 96 100 100 0
6 to 11 65 88 96 97 3 72 94 96 98 2
12 to 19 36 69 87 98 2 64 91 97 98 2
Girls 34 58 75 85 15 53 80 92 95 5
3 to 5 67 87 97 99 1 66 95 99 100 0
6 to 11 47 75 90 96 4 58 85 98 100 0
12 to 19 16 38 57 73 27 45 73 85 91 9
Men 45 75 91 96 4 50 86 94 97 3
20 to 39 41 73 91 98 2 53 87 97 99 1
40 to 59 47 76 93 96 4 47 88 95 97 3
60 to 79 49 78 90 95 5 53 79 90 95 5
Women 25 48 67 81 19 38 71 89 96 4
20 to 39 15 36 55 69 31 34 63 87 97 3
40 to 59 27 52 75 90 10 46 82 93 97 3
60 to 79 40 59 73 83 17 31 62 82 90 10
Note: Estimates are generated from sub-sample B.
Source: 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey.