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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int Migr Rev. 2009 summer;43(2):237–262. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00764.x

Table 2.

Interpretation of Initial Immigrant Advantage in BMI in terms of Weights of Typical Men and Women

Mean BMI Overweight Stage-1 Obesity Stage-2 Obesity
Typical men with height = 176 cm
 BMI score 27.4 25 30 35
 Weight (in kilogram) 84.9 77.4 92.9 108.4
 Change in BMI score (OLS and QR coefficient) −1.737 −0.975 −2.246 −3.546
 New weight (in kilogram) 79.5 74.4 86.0 97.4
 Change in weight (in kilogram) −5.4 −3.0 −7.0 −11.0
Typical women with height = 165 cm
 BMI score 26.7 25 30 35
 Weight (in kilogram) 72.7 68.1 81.7 95.3
 Change in BMI score (OLS and QR coefficient) −1.984 −1.517 −2.834 −4.040
 New weight (in kilogram) 67.3 63.9 74.0 84.3
 Change in weight (in kilogram) −5.4 −4.1 −7.7 −11.0