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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hum Biol. 2010 Sep-Oct;22(5):639–647. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.21056

TABLE 3.

Number and percentage of participants obese by PBF and FMI in each BMI category

Men Women

BMI (kg/m2) Number
obese by PBF
Percentage
obese by PBF
Number
obese by PBF
Percentage
obese by PBF
Normal 10 20.0% 16 9.2%
Overweight 39 67.2% 85 84.2%
Obese 57 100.0% 98 100.0%

Number
obese by FMI
Percentage
obese by FMI
Number
obese by FMI
Percentage
obese by FMI
Normal 2 4% 0 0%
Overweight 38 65.5% 72 71.3%
Obese 57 100.0% 98 100.0%