Table 2 Prevalence of medical and non-medical complications and their correlation with BMI z-score, in a sub-group of 174 subjects
From: Medical and non-medical complications among children and adolescents with excessive body weight
Prevalence of complications in % | Number of complications | Corr coeff with BMI z-score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N= | 0 | ≥1 | 1 | 2 | ≥3 |  |
Orthopedic | 32.2 | 67.8 | 32.2 | 28.7 | 6.9 | 0.129 |
Cardiovascular | 48.3 | 51.7 | 28.2 | 15.5 | 8.0 | 0.152* |
Metabolic | 59.8 | 40.2 | 25.9 | 10.9 | 3.4 | 0.090 |
Subtotal | 10.4 | 89.6 | 19.5 | 23.0 | 47.1 | 0.206** |
Non-medical | 14.4 | 85.6 | 26.4 | 29.9 | 29.3 | 0.076 |
Total | 2.3 | 97.7 | 5.2 | 13.8 | 78.7 | 0.200** |