Table 1
Clinical and empirically defined percentile criteria for biological risk factors

Table 1
Clinical and empirically defined percentile criteria for biological risk factors
Table summary
This table displays the results of Clinical and empirically defined percentile criteria for biological risk factors. The information is grouped by Variable (appearing as row headers), Empirical cut-off (75 or 25 percentile ), Clinical cut-off and Unit (appearing as column headers).
Variable	Empirical cut-off (75th or 25th percentile )	Clinical cut-off^{Table 1 Note †}	Unit
Diastolic blood pressure	>77	90	mm Hg
Systolic blood pressure	>120	140	mm Hg
Heart rate	>74	90	Bt/min
Waist-to-hip ratio	>0.95	Males >0.90
Waist-to-hip ratio	>0.95	Females >0.85
Total cholesterol	>5.5	>6.208	m mol/L
C-reactive protein	>3.0	>3	mg/L
Glycated hemoglobin (HBA1)	>5.8	>6.4	%
Albumin	<42	<38	g/L
High-density lipoprotein	<1.1	<1.0344	m mol/L
Note † As described in Seeman et al. 2008. <=less than; >=greater than. Return to note † referrer Source: Canadian Health Measures Survey, cycles 1, 2 and 3, 2007 to 2013.

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