Table 3. Patient BMI by age and demographic region.
Age (years) | Midwest | West | Southeast | Northeast | p-value |
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< 20 (n=304) | 24.2 ± 4.0 | 25.7 ± 4.7 | 24.8 ± 4.8 | 23.6 ± 2.3 | 0.39 |
20–29 (n=808) | 26.2 ± 5.0 | 24.6 ± 3.1 | 25.8 ± 4.2 | 24.3 ± 4.0 | 0.013 |
30–39 (n=553) | 27.7 ± 5.1 | 24.1 ± 3.5 | 27.9 ± 6.4 | 26.0 ± 4.6 | < 0.01 |
40–49 (n=378) | 26.8 ± 4.7 | 24.3 ± 3.5 | 27.0 ± 5.0 | 25.6 ± 4.2 | 0.07 |
50+ (n=107) | 26.8 ± 4.2 | 26.1 ± 3.5 | 26.0 ± 4.2 | 24.8 ± 2.6 | 0.47 |