Table 3. Distribution of BMI in the percentage for undernutrition (BMI ⩽20 kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ⩾30 kg/m2) per standard method, knee height and demispan method among men and women in groups 1 and 2.
| Sex | Age |
Group 1 |
Group 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
BMI |
BMIKH |
BMI |
BMIdemispan |
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| ⩽20 | ⩾30 | ⩽20 | ⩾30 | ⩽20 | ⩾30 | ⩽20 | ⩾30 | ||
| Men | 60–64 | 1.9 | 24.2 | 2.5 | 26.1 | 1.2 | 20.4 | 1.0 | 18.4 |
| 65–69 | 1.8 | 20.6 | 1.8 | 20.6 | 1.5 | 22.0 | 2.1 | 24.7 | |
| 70–74 | 1.5 | 20.6 | 1.6 | 21.1 | 0.8 | 20.2 | 0.8 | 19.8 | |
| 75–79 | 1.7 | 15.8 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 0 | 13.6 | 0 | 13.6 | |
| 80–84 | 2.7 | 16.5 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 1.0 | 16.7 | 1.0 | 10.9 | |
| ⩾85 | 5.6 | 8.0 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 12.7 | 3.7 | 9.0 | |
| All | 2.4 | 19.0 | 3.9 | 17.5 | 1.3 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 17.1 | |
| Women | 60–64 | 4.9 | 21.1 | 4.9 | 19.7 | 2.9 | 21.7 | 3.0 | 21.2 |
| 65–69 | 2.6 | 23.3 | 2.3 | 21.9 | 3.3 | 19.6 | 2.5 | 19.6 | |
| 70–74 | 3.7 | 26.2 | 3.7 | 17.1 | 3.3 | 22.9 | 4.8 | 20.3 | |
| 75–79 | 6.9 | 24.3 | 8.3 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 24.6 | 2.5 | 18.2 | |
| 80–84 | 2.9 | 19.9 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 4.6 | 18.5 | 5.4 | 12.7 | |
| ⩾85 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 21.3 | 3.7 | 10.0 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 6.5 | |
| All | 5.4 | 20.0 | 8.6 | 14.6 | 4.2 | 19.9 | 5.4 | 17.3 | |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; KH, knee height.
Values are entered in percentage.