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. 2011 Aug 19;34(5):1285–1294. doi: 10.1007/s11357-011-9299-0

Table 2.

Frequency distribution of BMI age-related curve patterns by individual initial age and average BMI during the follow-up period

AGE GR BMIAV GR N CNST INC DEC
AGEINI < 55 BMI < 25 185 71 (0.384) 93 (0.503) 21 (0.114)
BMI 25–30 160 41 (0.256) 111 (0.694) 8 (0.050)
BMI > 30 79 13 (0.165) 58 (0.734) 8 (0.101)
AGEINI ≥ 55 BMI < 25 137 44 (0.321) 63 (0.460) 30 (0.219)
BMI 25–30 138 46 (0.333) 77 (0.558) 15 (0.109)
BMI > 30 53 15 (0.283) 34 (0.642) 4 (0.075)
Total 752 230(0.306) 436 (0.580) 86 (0.114)

The numbers in parenthesis show pattern frequency in the given age/BMI category