Table 2.

Percentage of patients who changed body mass index groups after ascites correction

Reduction in BMI after ascites correction					Original/uncorrected	Unchanged
Underweight	Normal	Overweight	Obesity 1	Obesity 2
					Underweight, 2 (1.1%)	2 (100%)
5 (22.73%)					Normal, 22 (12.5%)	17 (77.27%)
	29 (55.77%)				Overweight, 52 (29.55%)	23 (44.23%)
	1 (1.82%)	42 (76.36%)			Obesity 1, 55 (31.25%)	12 (21.82%)
			17 (62.96%)		Obesity 2, 27 (15.34%)	10 (37.04%)
			2 (11.11%)	11 (61.11%)	Obesity 3, 18 (10.23%)	5 (27.78%)
All BMI group had some level of decrease after correctionEspecially higher BMI groups have more % reduction					Total (n = 176)	% of unchanged are higher among low BMI groups

BMI: Body mass index.