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. 2017 Aug 22;17:667. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4665-1

Table 4.

Expected hours of community-based social care per person per week by source of care and BMI in population aged 65 and over. Assumes that current mean hours of help received is spread uniformly across the BMI distribution

BMI Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Formal local authority Informal Formal local authority Informal Formal local authority Informal
18 0.54 7.22 0.58 7.63 0.54 7.16
19 0.51 6.78 0.55 7.35 0.52 6.86
20 0.49 6.45 0.54 7.14 0.50 6.65
21 0.47 6.24 0.53 6.99 0.49 6.50
22 0.46 6.12 0.52 6.89 0.49 6.43
23 0.46 6.09 0.52 6.84 0.48 6.42
24 0.46 6.14 0.52 6.84 0.49 6.46
25 0.47 6.25 0.52 6.88 0.49 6.55
26 0.49 6.44 0.53 6.96 0.51 6.70
27 0.50 6.68 0.53 7.07 0.52 6.89
28 0.53 6.99 0.54 7.22 0.54 7.12
29 0.55 7.34 0.56 7.39 0.56 7.39
30 0.58 7.74 0.57 7.59 0.58 7.69
31 0.62 8.19 0.59 7.81 0.61 8.02
32 0.65 8.67 0.61 8.04 0.63 8.38
33 0.69 9.17 0.63 8.29 0.66 8.76
34 0.73 9.69 0.65 8.55 0.69 9.16
35 0.77 10.21 0.66 8.81 0.72 9.57
36 0.81 10.73 0.68 9.07 0.75 9.98
37 0.85 11.23 0.70 9.33 0.78 10.39
38 0.88 11.70 0.72 9.57 0.81 10.79
39 0.92 12.14 0.74 9.81 0.84 11.17
40 0.95 12.53 0.76 10.02 0.87 11.53