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Subcategories of morbidly obese women on DMPA. Weight change (BMI at the end of study period – BMI beginning of study period). Data is expressed in mean± standard error mean.
| Class III Obesea (40–49.9kg/m2) n=30 |
Class III Obeseb (50–59.9kg/m2) n=9 |
Class III Obesec (60+kg/m2) n=4 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI (kg/m2) | 43.47±3.21 | 53.04±0.77 | 65.41±3.05 | <0.0001 |
| Age (yr.) | 30.5±1.93 | 30.8±3.57 | 37.8±2.53 | 0.42 |
| Weight Change (kgs) | 3.07±1.78 | −0.91±5.13 | 1.47±3.08 | 0.47 |
