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Body Mass Index (BMI) of participants, according to age and sex (n = 189) |
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| BMI classification |
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| Age (yrs) |
Sex |
Normal |
(%) |
Overweight |
(%) |
Obese |
(%) |
Unknown |
(%) |
Total |
(%) |
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| 15 – 25 |
Male |
10 |
23% |
7 |
14% |
2 |
.02% |
0 |
0% |
19 |
10% |
| Female |
7 |
16% |
5 |
10% |
9 |
12% |
0 |
0% |
21 |
12% |
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| Total |
17 |
39.5% |
12 |
24% |
11 |
14% |
0 |
0% |
40 |
22% |
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| 26 – 45 |
Male |
5 |
12% |
13 |
26% |
18 |
23% |
4 |
33% |
40 |
22% |
| Female |
14 |
33% |
9 |
18% |
18 |
23% |
5 |
42% |
46% |
25% |
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| Total |
19 |
44% |
22 |
44% |
36 |
47% |
9 |
75% |
86 |
47% |
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| > 45 |
Male |
4 |
9% |
6 |
12% |
13 |
17% |
1 |
8% |
24 |
13% |
| Female |
3 |
7% |
10 |
20% |
17 |
22% |
2 |
17% |
32 |
18% |
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| Total |
7 |
16% |
16 |
32% |
30 |
39% |
3 |
25% |
56 |
31% |
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| TOTAL |
43 |
100% |
50 |
100% |
77 |
100% |
12 |
100% |
182 |
100% |
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Note: BMI = Weight (kg) divided by square of height (m) | |||||||||||
Vindigni et al. Chiropractic & Osteopathy 2005 13:21 doi:10.1186/1746-1340-13-21 |
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