Table 5 Body Mass Index (BMI) of participants, according to age and sex (n = 189)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yrs) | Sex | Normal | (%) | Overweight | (%) | Obese | (%) | Unknown | (%) | Total | (%) |
15 – 25 | Male | 10 | 23% | 7 | 14% | 2 | .02% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 10% |
| Â | Female | 7 | 16% | 5 | 10% | 9 | 12% | 0 | 0% | 21 | 12% |
| Â | Total | 17 | 39.5% | 12 | 24% | 11 | 14% | 0 | 0% | 40 | 22% |
26 – 45 | Male | 5 | 12% | 13 | 26% | 18 | 23% | 4 | 33% | 40 | 22% |
| Â | Female | 14 | 33% | 9 | 18% | 18 | 23% | 5 | 42% | 46% | 25% |
| Â | Total | 19 | 44% | 22 | 44% | 36 | 47% | 9 | 75% | 86 | 47% |
> 45 | Male | 4 | 9% | 6 | 12% | 13 | 17% | 1 | 8% | 24 | 13% |
| Â | Female | 3 | 7% | 10 | 20% | 17 | 22% | 2 | 17% | 32 | 18% |
| Â | Total | 7 | 16% | 16 | 32% | 30 | 39% | 3 | 25% | 56 | 31% |
| Â | TOTAL | 43 | 100% | 50 | 100% | 77 | 100% | 12 | 100% | 182 | 100% |