Table 2 Demographics across BMI and injury level cohorts.

From: Obesity in chronic spinal cord injury is associated with poorer body composition and increased risk of cardiometabolic disease

   

BMI

  

Level of injury

  
  

All (n=26)

< 22 (n=13)

 22(n=13)

p-value

T1 or above (n=22

below T1 (n=5)

p-value

Sex

Female, %

18.52%

30.77%

7.69%

 

18.18%

20%

 
 

Male, %

81.48%

69.23%

92.31%

0.3217

81.82%

80%

1

Age (yrs), Median [Q1, Q3]

32 [25, 43]

30 [23, 41]

39 [27, 43]

0.5546

31 [25, 42]

39 [39, 46]

0.2349

BMI, Median [Q1, Q3]

22.65 [18.56, 26.72]

18.56 [18.37, 21.09]

26.72 [25.15, 28.98]

<.0001

22.45 [18.56, 26.25]

22.85 [21.71, 28.37]

0.5365

Time since injury (years), Median [Q1, Q3]

6.66 [3.7, 9.26]

6.64 [3.12, 9.85]

6.96 [4.03, 7.53]

0.9795

6.54 [3.7, 7.3]

9.85 [8.09, 10.16]

0.1341

Level of injury

Cervical, %

77.78%

76.92%

76.92%

 

95.45%

0%

 
 

Thoracic, %

22.22%

23.08%

23.08%

1

4.55%

100%

<.0001

AIS score

A, %

48.15%

53.85%

46.15%

 

50%

40%

 
 

B, %

48.15%

46.15%

46.15%

1

50%

40%

0.2171

 

C, %

3.70%

0%

7.69%

 

0%

20%