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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2020 Oct 13;51(8):2790–2799. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04749-0

Table 2.

Percentage of ASD and TD participants falling into each BMI Category.

BMI Category TD (N = 100) ASD (N = 136) Total
Underweight 3.0%
(n=3)
4.5%
(n=6)
3.8%
(n=9)
Healthy Weight 69.0%
(n=69)
53.8%
(n=73)
60.2%
(n=142)
Overweight 12.0%
(n=12)
13.6%
(n=19)
13.1%
(n=31)
Obese 16.0%
(n=16)
28.0%
(n=38)
22.9%
(n=54)
Total 100% 100% 100%

Note: Underweight, <5th percentile; Healthy Weight, 5th to <85th percentile; Overweight, 85th to <95th percentile; Obese, ≥95th percentile