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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics, accompanied by comparison between BMI groups, RAC-OST-POL study, May 2010

From: Assessment of mineral intake in the diets of Polish postmenopausal women in relation to their BMI—the RAC-OST-POL study

Group

Calculated value

Age (years)

Weight (kg)

Height (cm)

BMI (kg/m2)

Total N = 405

Mean

66.5

74.3

155.9

30.6

SD

7.9

13.6

5.8

5.4

Median

65.3

73.0

156.0

30.0

Minimum

55.0

44.0

136.0

19.7

Maximum

92.2

120.0

171.0

47.4

BMIϵ <18.5; 25.0 kg/m2, N = 61

Mean

63.5

57.1

157.0

23.1

SD

6.7

5.6

6.5

1.5

Median

61.8†a

58.0a

157.0

23.5†a

Minimum

55.2

44.0

141.0

19.7

Maximum

79.5

68.0

171.0

25.0

BMIϵ <25.0; 30.0 kg/m2, N = 140

Mean

66.3

67.4

156.4

27.5

SD

8.2

5.9

5.4

1.4

Median

64.5†ab

67.0b

156.0

27.3†b

Minimum

55.0

52.0

141.0

25.1

Maximum

92.2

83.0

170.0

30.0

BMIϵ <30.0; 35.0 kg/m2, N = 118

Mean

67.3

78.5

155.5

32.4

SD

7.8

7.0

6.1

1.4

Median

67.8†b

78.0c

156.0

32.4†c

Minimum

55.1

63.0

136.0

30.0

Maximum

84.1

95.0

171.0

34.9

BMI ≥ 35.0 kg/m2, N = 86

Mean

67.7

92.2

155.0

38.4

SD

7.7

9.9

5.3

2.9

Median

67.3†b

92.0d

155.0

37.6†d

Minimum

55.1

71.0

139.0

35.0

Maximum

89.0

120.0

166.0

47.4

p e

p e

0.0057

0.0000

0.1299

0.0000

  1. Variable was not normally distributed (verified by the Shapiro-Wilk test; p < 0.05)
  2. a, b, c, dMean/median values within the column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (p < 0.05)
  3. eDifferences assessed by the ANOVA/Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA