Table 4.
Health problems according to BMI, age, and gender
| BMI <25kg/ m2, N = 24 | BMI 25–30kg/ m2, N = 43 | BMI >30kg/ m2, N = 48 | P-valuea | Corrected P-value for Ageb | Age <25 Years, N = 43 | Age 25–30 Years, N = 21 | Age > 30 years, N = 51 | P-valuea | Corrrected P-value for BMIc | Male, N = 56 | Female, N = 59 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median [IQR] | 24 [20–33] | 27 [20–40] | 32 [25–42] | 0.02 | NA | 20 [19–22] | 28 [26–29] | 41 [34–52] | NA | NA | 31 [20–43] | 28 [22–38] | 0.5 |
| BMI, median [IQR] | 22 [21–23] | 27 [27–29] | 38 [34–46] | NA | NA | 27 [23–31] | 29 [26–35] | 31 [27–42] | 0.02 | NA | 27 [25–32] | 32 [27–40] | 0.02 |
| Undiagnosed health problems | |||||||||||||
| At least 1 | 8 (33%) | 24 (56%) | 38 (79%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 19 (44%) | 9 (43%) | 42 (82%) | 0.001 | 0.02 | 37 (66%) | 33 (56%) | 0.1 |
| At least 2 | 2 (8%) | 9 (21%) | 17 (35%) | – | – | 6 (14%) | 4 (19%) | 18 (35%) | – | – | 17 (30%) | 11 (19%) | |
| 3 or more | 0 (0%) | 4 (9%) | 6 (13%) | – | – | 3 (7%) | 3 (7%) | 4 (8%) | – | – | 7 (13%) | 3 (5%) | |
| Hypogonadism | |||||||||||||
| Male (n = 56) | 11 (100%) | 27 (100%) | 16 (100%) | NA | NA | 20 (100%) | 7 (100%) | 27 (100%) | NA | NA | 54 (100%) | 40 (93%) | NA |
| Female (n = 59) | 6 (100%) | 12 (92%) | 22 (92%) | 0.9 | 0.3 | 18 (100%) | 9 (90%) | 13 (87%) | 0.2 | 0.1 | – | – | NA |
| Hypothyroidism | 5 (21%) | 7 (16%) | 7 (15%) | 0.5 | 0.8 | 10 (23%) | 5 (24%) | 4 (8%) | 0.2 | 0.4 | 5 (9%) | 14 (24%) | 0.03 |
| Type 2 diabetes mellitus | 2 (8%) | 7 (17%) | 10 (21%) | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2 (5%) | 2 (10%) | 15 (31%) | <0.001 | 0.001 | 13 (24%) | 6 (10%) | 0.06 |
| Hypertension | 3 (13%) | 6 (15%) | 11 (23%) | 0.4 | 0.7 | 3 (7%) | 1 (5%) | 16 (31%) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 9 (17%) | 11 (19%) | 0.8 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 4 (17%) | 4 (10%) | 14 (30%) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 3 (7%) | 2 (10%) | 17 (35%) | 0.002 | 0.01 | 10 (18%) | 12 (21%) | 0.7 |
| Scoliosis | 12 (79%) | 30 (71%) | 34 (74%) | 0.3 | 0.2 | 30 (70%) | 19 (90%) | 34 (71%) | 0.9 | 0.5 | 42 (76%) | 41 (72%) | 0.6 |
| Vitamin D deficiency | 12 (75%) | 20 (77%) | 22 (81%) | NAd | NAd | 27 (69%) | 10 (91%) | 17 (89%) | NAd | NAd | 25 (83%) | 29 (74%) | NAd |
P-values <0.05 are bold.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available.
a P-value calculated with BMI and age as continuous variables.
b P-value corrected for age using regression models.
c P-value corrected for BMI using regression models.
d A P-value could not be calculated due to selective missings.