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. 2014 Sep 14;14:232. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-232

Table 2.

Prevalence of medical and non-medical complications and their correlation with BMI z-score, in a sub-group of 174 subjects

Prevalence of complications in % Number of complications Corr coeff with BMI z-score
N= 0 ≥1 1 2 ≥3
Orthopedic 32.2 67.8 32.2 28.7 6.9 0.129
Cardiovascular 48.3 51.7 28.2 15.5 8.0 0.152*
Metabolic 59.8 40.2 25.9 10.9 3.4 0.090
Subtotal 10.4 89.6 19.5 23.0 47.1 0.206**
Non-medical 14.4 85.6 26.4 29.9 29.3 0.076
Total 2.3 97.7 5.2 13.8 78.7 0.200**

Corr coeff: correlation coefficient using Pearson correlation between BMI z-score and each complication.

*p < .05, **p < .01.