Table 4.
Estimates of weight gain.
| Age group | Setting |
Follow-up category |
N arms |
N patients |
BMI at intake |
BMI at first-follow-up |
M weeks |
BMI gain/week |
gr/week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescents | Inpatient | Under 27weeks | 3 | 318 | 15.0 | 17.4 | 9.8 | 0.25 | 615 |
| 27 weeks plus | 4 | 208 | 15.3 | 18.3 | 71.6 | 0.04 | 110 | ||
| Outpatient | Under 27 weeks | 26 | 193 | 16.7 | 18.7 | 26.0 | 0.08 | 192 | |
| 27 weeks plus | 11 | 545 | 15.9 | 18.5 | 52.0 | 0.05 | 126 | ||
| Adults | Inpatient | Under 27 weeks | 7 | 511 | 14.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 0.19 | 537 |
| 27 weeks plus | na | ||||||||
| Outpatient | Under 27 weeks | 9 | 315 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 24.6 | 0.04 | 105 | |
| 27 weeks plus | 19 | 664 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 43.3 | 0.03 | 87 |
For studies reporting weight as kilogram and not providing data on height, BMIs were estimated by assuming a height of 168cm in adults and 158 cm in adolescents (otherwise, original data were used); na, not applicable, no data; m, mean; gr, grams.