Table 3.

BMI distribution according to disability type, disability proportion and exercise status

	BMI classifications
	Underweight		Normal		Pre-obese		Obese		Total
	n	%†	n	%†	n	%†	n	%†	N	%‡	p Value*
Disability type
Orthopaedic§	16	12.9	61	49.1	39	31.5	8	6.5	124	48.1	0.001
Seeing§	0	0	16	26.2	32	52.5	13	21.3	61	23.6
Hearing	0	0	24	53.3	13	28.9	8	17.8	45	17.4
Speaking	1	3.6	9	32.1	13	46.4	5	17.9	28	10.9
Disability proportion
0–25§	0	0	11	38.0	16	55.1	2	6.9	29	11.3	0.01
26–50	4	3.6	40	36.0	46	41.4	21	19.0	111	43.0
51–75	6	8.7	33	47.9	23	33.3	7	10.1	69	26.7
76–100	7	14.3	26	53.1	12	24.5	4	8.1	49	19.0
Regular exercise
Yes	0	0	12	60.0	8	40.0	0	0	20	7.7	0.04
No§	16	8.2	73	37.4	78	40.0	28	14.4	195	75.6
Sometimes	1	2.3	25	58.1	11	25.6	6	14.0	43	16.7
Total	17	6.6	110	42.6	97	37.6	34	13.2	258	100

*Fisher exact test. Bold indicates significance.

†Line percentage.

‡Column percentage.

§The groups that make the difference.

BMI, body mass index.