Table 5.

Health service utilization according to BMI

	=<24.9		p*	25–29.9		p*	=>30
	Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Contacts to GPs	5.56	9.73	0.059	4.46	5.73	0.051	5.43	7.81
Contacts to Orthopeadics	1.51	2.78	0.049	1.70	2.95	0.001	2.26	4.72
Use of complementary and alternative medicine	0.69	4.99	0.567	0.23	1.47	0.098	0.06	0.66
Use of Physiotherapy	5.36	8.82	0.478	6.97	12.75	0.081	7.78	13.06
Performed x-rays	0.62	3.02	0.003	0.83	3.67	0.002	1.01	4.10

* by means of ANCOVA, adjusted for age, disease duration, Kellgren and Lawrence-score and number of comorbidities for comparing normal vs. overweight and overweight vs. obese