The Impact of Incarceration on Obesity: Are Prisoners with Chronic Diseases Becoming Overweight and Obese during Their Confinement?

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-other"><h2>Table 4</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption">BMI changes during incarceration (total population).</div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr /></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left"> </td><td align="center">Min</td><td align="center">Max</td><td align="center">Median</td><td align="center">Mean</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr /></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Age</td><td align="center">22.0</td><td align="center">87.0</td><td align="center">38.0</td><td align="center">39.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Beginning weight (kg)</td><td align="center">48.0</td><td align="center">176.0</td><td align="center">83.5</td><td align="center">85.6</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ending weight (kg)</td><td align="center">46.3</td><td align="center">155.1</td><td align="center">83.9</td><td align="center">86.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Height (m)</td><td align="center">1.2</td><td align="center">2.1</td><td align="center">1.8</td><td align="center">1.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Beginning BMI</td><td align="center">15.0</td><td align="center">60.5</td><td align="center">26.5</td><td align="center">27.4</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Ending BMI</td><td align="center">15.7</td><td align="center">56.4</td><td align="center">26.8</td><td align="center">27.5</td></tr><tr><td align="left">ΔBMI (%)</td><td align="center">−33.2</td><td align="center">86.1</td><td align="center">0.7</td><td align="center">1.0</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Duration (days)</td><td align="center">2.9</td><td align="center">2935</td><td align="center">784.6</td><td align="center">752.6</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr" /></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div>

Table 4 | The Impact of Incarceration on Obesity: Are Prisoners with Chronic Diseases Becoming Overweight and Obese during Their Confinement?

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