Table 5 |
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Health service utilization according to BMI |
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| =<24.9 |
p* |
25–29.9 |
p* |
=>30 |
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| Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
Mean |
SD |
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| Contacts to GPs |
5.56 |
9.73 |
0.059 |
4.46 |
5.73 |
0.051 |
5.43 |
7.81 |
| Contacts to Orthopeadics |
1.51 |
2.78 |
0.049 |
1.70 |
2.95 |
0.001 |
2.26 |
4.72 |
| Use of complementary and alternative medicine |
0.69 |
4.99 |
0.567 |
0.23 |
1.47 |
0.098 |
0.06 |
0.66 |
| Use of Physiotherapy |
5.36 |
8.82 |
0.478 |
6.97 |
12.75 |
0.081 |
7.78 |
13.06 |
| Performed x-rays |
0.62 |
3.02 |
0.003 |
0.83 |
3.67 |
0.002 |
1.01 |
4.10 |
|
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* by means of ANCOVA, adjusted for age, disease duration, Kellgren and Lawrence-score and number of comorbidities for comparing normal vs. overweight and overweight vs. obese |
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Rosemann et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:4 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-4 |
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