Body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio misclassification of overweight and obesity in Chinese military personnel

Table 6 Number and percentage of BFP/BMI and BFP/WHR ratio to its subpopulations

Item	Total number	Ratio to low BFP population	Ratio to high BFP population	Ratio to high BMI population	Ratio to high WHR population
Military personnel
Total number	/	339	14	79	60
BFP^low/BMI^high	65	65/339 (19.2%)	/	65/79 (81.0%)	/
BFP^low/WHR^high	47	47/339 (13.9%)	/	/	47/60 (78.3%)
BFP^high/BMI^high	14	/	14/14 (100%)	14/79 (17.7%)	/
BFP^high/WHR^high	13	/	13/14 (92.9%)	/	13/60 (21.7%)
Control groups
Total number	/	350	30	40	45
BFP^low/BMI^high	18	18/350 (5.1%)	/	18/40 (45.0%)	/
BFP^low/WHR^high	19	19/350 (5.4%)		/	19/45 (42.2%)
BFP^high/BMI^high	22	/	22/30 (73.3%)	42/60 (55.0%)	/
BFP^high/WHR^high	26	/	26/30 (86.7%)	/	33/40 (57.8%)

Note: BMI body mass index, BFP body fat percentage, WHR waist-to-hip ratio. BFP^low population included low-fat and normal-fat individuals, BFP^high population included high-fat and obese individuals. BMI^low population included underweight and normal-weight individuals, BMI^high population included overweight and obese individuals. WHR^low population included normal WHR individuals, WHR^high population included obese individuals

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