Table 3

Risk Classification by Waist Circumference Among Women and Men

BMI Category	Participants, No.	High Risk^a by Professionally Measured WC, No. (%)	Not High Risk^a by Self-Measured WC, No. (%)^b
Women
Normal weight	213	23 (10.7)	13 (56.5)
Overweight	180	93 (51.7)	17 (18.1)
Class I obese	112	109 (97.3)	8 (7.3)
Men
Normal weight	24	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Overweight	82	12 (14.6)	3 (23.1)
Class I obese	37	31 (83.8)	5 (16.1)

BMI = body mass index; WC = waist circumference.
↵a Cutoff for high risk: greater than 88 cm for women and greater than 102 cm for men.
↵b Among those at high risk according to the professional measurement.