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Table 1 Distribution of BMI categories by gender and age groups

From: Body size perceptions and preferences favor overweight in adult Saharawi refugees

  

BMI categories n (% in rows)

  

Underweight

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

Total

p-value**

Gender

Women

3 (1.9)

60 (37.2)

57 (35.4)

41 (25.5)

161 (100)

0.03

Men

30 (17.8)

97 (57.4)

34 (20.1)

8 (4.7)

169 (100)

Total

33 (10.0)

157 (47.6)

91 (27.6)

49 (14.8)

330 (100)a

 

Age groups

18–25

12 (16.2)

46 (62.2)

12 (16.2)

4 (5.4)

74 (100)

< 0.01

26–45

17 (12.8)

58 (43.6)

40 (30.1)

18 (13.5)

133 (100)

46+

4 (3.3)

53 (43.0)

39 (31.7)

27 (22.0)

123 (100)

Total

33 (10.0)

157 (47.6)

91 (27.6)

49 (14.8)

330 (100)a

 
  1. aMissing values (n = 25), **p-values tested with chi-square