Surgical Audit of Patients with Ileal Perforations Requiring Ileostomy in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India

Table 3

Mean BMI of patients in various studies.

Study (number of patients)	Mean BMI
Arumugam et al., 2003 [9] ()	24.5 4.66
El-Hussuna et al., 2012 [10] ()	27 5.12
Sharma et al., 2013 [11] ()	25.5
Chun et al., 2012 [12] ()	29.6
Faunø et al., 2012 [13] ()	28 5.32
Our study ()	19.6 1.66

Ileostomy done electively for colorectal cancer, polyposis coli, and inflammatory bowel disease.)