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Table 2 Comparison of health risk category of men recruited to FFIT RCT with men in the Scottish general population by age group from the 2011 Scottish Heath Survey (SHeS) +

From: Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study

Waist circumference

Health risk categoryc

 

Age categories (years)

(WC)aand BMI classificationb

All FFIT

   FFIT 35-44

SHeS 35-44

   FFIT 45-54

SHeS 45-54

   FFIT 55-65

SHeS 55-64

n

n

%

%

n

%

%

n

%

%

Overweight

         

Low WC

No increased risk

2

1

0.3

19.4

1

0.3

14.6

0

0.0

9.3

High WC

Increased

18

4

1.3

17.7

10

3.4

19.7

4

2.7

21.3

Very high WC

High

37

13

4.2

6.2

17

5.9

8.2

7

4.8

16.4

All overweight

 

57

18

5.8

43.2

28

9.6

42.5

11

7.5

47.0

Obesity I

        

Low WC

Increased

0

0

1.9

0.4

0

0.0

1.2

0

0.0

-

High WC

High

11

6

0.0

2.8

3

1.0

5.8

2

1.4

0.9

Very high WC

Very high

318

114

36.7

22.4

131

45.2

18.3

73

50.0

25.5

All obese I

 

329

120

38.6

25.7

134

46.2

25.3

75

51.4

26.5

Obesity II

        

Low WC

Very high

0

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

High WC

Very high

1

0

0.0

-

1

0.3

-

0

0.0

-

Very high WC

Very high

232

109

35.1

2.8

80

27.6

6.3

43

29.5

6.9

All obese II

Very high

233

109

35.1

2.8

81

27.9

6.3

43

29.5

6.9

Obesity III

        

Low WC

Extremely high

0

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

High WC

Extremely high

0

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

0

0.0

-

Very high WC

Extremely high

128

64

20.6

1.7

47

16.2

2.0

17

11.6

1.1

All obese III

Extremely high

128

64

20.6

1.7

47

16.2

2.0

17

11.6

1.1

Total

 

747

311

100.0

(73.4)

290

99.9

(76.1)

146

100.0

(81.5)

  1. + Table adapted from Table 7.5, Scottish Health Survey (SHeS), 2011 (Volume 1 Adults [3]) to allow direct comparison with men of comparable ages in the Scottish population in 2008–2011.
  2. a Waist circumference categories according to WHO/SIGN guidance – low: <94 cm; high: ≥94 cm and <102 cm; very high ≥102 cm; b BMI categories as defined in Table 1; c Health risk category according to SIGN guidelines [37].
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