Table 2. Mean and 90th percentile WC based on the NHANES and KNHANES data

Ethnicity
Sex		Age (years)	Mexican American	Other Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Non-Hispanic Black	Non-Hispanic Asian	Korean	Other race
Mean WC	Male	20 - 24	97.84	94.53	97.12	85.34	87.77	82.29	93.92
		25 - 29	101.81	96.23	96.76	92.50	88.31	86.38	96.13
		30 - 34	101.65	101.38	103.52	99.78	95.84	87.74	100.87
		35 - 39	103.13	98.40	103.92	99.08	95.46	87.75	100.51
		40 - 44	103.78	105.55	105.46	104.52	93.49	87.69	111.32
		45 - 49	102.96	101.75	106.00	105.22	93.45	87.63	104.00
		50 - 54	105.88	105.38	106.53	103.68	93.97	87.75	105.87
		55 - 59	106.01	106.44	106.73	104.04	94.41	87.41	105.74
		60 - 64	105.47	106.94	109.28	102.21	94.03	88.00	111.59
		65 - 69	107.19	105.88	108.98	105.70	94.13	87.82	100.01
		70 - 74	104.91	105.91	107.76	103.79	92.32	88.23	110.29
		Over 75	103.80	103.40	106.43	99.64	94.10	87.25	109.08
	Female	20 - 24	94.70	91.64	89.88	91.51	80.58	72.05	97.69
		25 - 29	96.75	94.47	95.66	97.21	85.57	73.54	96.60
		30 - 34	99.44	95.90	96.56	101.44	83.27	76.08	97.87
		35 - 39	102.95	94.44	100.42	104.60	83.80	77.12	109.49
		40 - 44	99.33	95.28	101.35	108.10	84.71	77.39	98.03
		45 - 49	102.12	101.46	101.43	107.32	88.07	78.74	98.56
		50 - 54	101.50	97.88	103.43	109.55	88.24	79.67	106.64
		55 - 59	103.09	101.70	101.13	106.54	88.01	80.93	101.16
		60 - 64	104.33	100.96	103.95	104.28	89.13	83.03	103.28
		65 - 69	105.57	101.89	104.04	105.87	91.00	84.65	109.03
		70 - 74	106.07	101.02	102.99	104.13	91.38	85.11	106.64
		Over 75	101.38	97.88	99.19	101.73	88.10	84.74	95.90
90th percentile WC	Male	20 - 24	120.7	117.1	123.5	107.2	101.4	97.6	112.0
		25 - 29	120.7	117.5	122.2	120.9	100.4	101.1	122.0
		30 - 34	120.5	120.7	129.6	131.4	108.4	100.8	124.6
		35 - 39	119.3	115.5	128.7	124.6	110.1	99.3	115.3
		40 - 44	117.7	123.9	127.8	124.2	109.1	99.7	142.7
		45 - 49	121.4	118.4	126.0	130.8	107.1	98.4	132.5
		50 - 54	124.0	120.2	128.4	124.5	104.9	98.4	132.4
		55 - 59	129.7	128.5	130.9	125.7	106.6	97.7	127.0
		60 - 64	121.8	125.5	132.9	121.9	108.8	98.5	139.6
		65 - 69	123.2	122.4	130.0	127.5	107.2	98.7	117.6
		70 - 74	119.5	121.1	124.3	125.2	102.2	99.6	133.8
		Over 75	118.5	119.3	123.6	118.1	103.4	99.2	119.1
	Female	20 - 24	118.4	115.8	118.5	116.2	99.0	84.4	122.5
		25 - 29	119.6	115.4	123.1	123.0	108.4	86.4	124.1
		30 - 34	122.2	116.0	121.4	129.6	97.9	90.4	124.4
		35 - 39	123.9	116.5	128.0	129.3	98.9	90.5	138.2
		40 - 44	115.9	110.7	127.4	135.0	98.1	90.5	122.4
		45 - 49	120.8	116.2	125.7	136.4	103.2	91.0	130.1
		50 - 54	122.4	115.8	126.7	142.1	101.2	91.5	143.0
		55 - 59	126.2	117.7	123.8	131.2	101.9	92.2	124.2
		60 - 64	121.1	118.9	129.3	124.2	109.3	94.5	124.6
		65 - 69	124.9	120.0	126.5	125.4	105.0	95.6	123.7
		70 - 74	124.7	118.9	120.5	121.6	106.6	96.8	113.7
		Over 75	119.7	109.6	116.1	121.3	100.6	96.4	118.1

Abbreviations: KNHANES, Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; SE, standard error; WC, waist circumference