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Table A
Regression coefficients for difference between waist circumference based on National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization (WHO) protocols, by age group and sex, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

Table 1
Equations to predict National Institutes of Health waist circumference measures (WC_NIH_predicted) based on waist circumference measured using World Health Organization protocols (WC_WHO), by age group and sex

Table 2
Mean waist circumference based on World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) protocols, by sex and age group, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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

Table 4
Mean waist circumference based on World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) protocols, by age group, sex and body mass index (BMI) category, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

Table 5
Difference between waist circumference measured according to National Institutes of Health (NIH) and World Health Organization (WHO) protocols, by age group, sex and body mass index (BMI) category, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

Table 6
Percentage with high and increased/high health risk based on waist circumference according to World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) protocols, by sex and age group, household population aged 12 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

Table 7
Sensitivity and specificity for high and increased/high health risk according to waist circumference, based on World Health Organization (WHO) and predicted National Institutes of Health (NIH) protocols, by sex and age group, household population aged 12 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

Figure 1
Waist circumference measurement sites for men and women based on World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) protocols