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Plots of body mass index (BMI) calculated by both arm span (♦) and height (▵) for each of the lesion level groups by sex and age are superimposed on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics BMI percentile graphs. The background BMI graphs for the lesion level 1 male and female groups (Figure 4) have the percentiles lowered because of lost lean body mass, as explained in the text.
