Table 4.
Distribution of BMI and prevalence of thinness and obesity among fisherwomen of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
| Group | Sample size | Overweight (and obesity) | Normal | Underweight (thinness) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade III: severe | Grade II: moderate | Grade I: mild | Grade I: mild | Grade II: moderate | Grade III: severe | ||||||||||
| (BMI >40) | (BMI 30–39.99) | (BMI 25–29.9) | (BMI 18.5–24.9) | (BMI <18.49) | (BMI 17.0–18.49) | (BMI 16.0–16.99) | |||||||||
| Control | 50 (100) | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) | 7 | (14.00) | 42 | (84.00) | 1 | (2.00) | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) |
| Fisherwomen | 50 (100) | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) | 3 | (6.00) | 21 | (42.00) | 14 | (28.00) | 11 | (22.00) | 1 | (2.00) |
Figures in parenthesis indicates percentage.