Table 3.
Distribution of BMI categories according to age (in years).
| Age group | BMI category | Males (N = 44) |
Females (N = 50) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T5 | T0 | T5 | ||
| 16–19 years | Underweight | 19 | 18 | 28 | 27 |
| Normal | 22 | 23 | 21 | 22 | |
| Overweight | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Age group | BMI category | Males (N = 16) |
Females (N = 10) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T5 | T0 | T5 | ||
| 20–25 years | Underweight | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Normal | 11 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |
| Overweight | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Obese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
N = number of patients. Distribution of patients under different categories of BMI according to different age groups. T0: beginning of treatment; T5: end of the study.