Risk Values of Weight and Body Mass Index for Chest Wall Thickness in Patients Requiring Needle Thoracostomy Decompression

Table 7

BMI chart for Model 2 and weight chart for Model 3.

Model 2: age + BMI
	Women age (years)							Men age (years)
ICS	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
2nd	20.76	22.15	23.55	24.94	26.33	27.72	29.11	19.81	21.55	23.29	25.02	26.76	28.50	30.23
3rd	28.01	29.26	30.51	31.77	33.02	34.27	35.52	31.96	33.14	34.32	35.51	36.69	37.87	39.05
4th	30.71	32.17	33.63	35.10	36.56	38.02	39.49	41.14	41.85	42.56	43.27	43.97	44.68	45.39
5th	35.82	36.82	37.83	38.84	39.84	40.85	41.86	48.28	48.55	48.81	49.07	49.34	49.60	49.86
Model 3: age + weight
ICS	Women age (years)							Men age (years)
	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	20	30	40	50	60	70	80
2nd	55.63	58.02	60.41	62.81	65.20	67.59	69.98	60.38	64.41	68.43	72.46	76.49	80.51	84.54
3rd	76.46	78.47	80.48	82.49	84.50	86.51	88.52	101.2	103.5	105.8	108.1	110.4	112.7	115.0
4th	84.16	86.78	89.39	92.00	94.62	97.23	99.84	133.3	134.0	134.7	135.5	136.2	137.0	137.7
5th	98.89	100.2	101.5	102.8	104.1	105.4	106.7	157.8	157.0	156.2	155.4	154.6	153.8	153.0

Model 2 consisted of two variables, namely, age and BMI. Model 3 consisted of two variables, namely, age and weight.