Juvenile obesity and its association with utilisation and costs of pharmaceuticals - results from the KiGGS study

Table 3 Drug costs (in €) by BMI groups

Weighted means N = 14, 592	Mean pharmaceutical costs/week		Mean pharmaceutical costs/year
	Mean	95% CI^a	Mean	95% CI^a
Very underweight	7.54	[3.04-16.87]	392	[158-877]
Underweight	4.54	[3.49-5.82]	236	[181-303]
Normal weight	3.27	[3.03-3.54]	170	[158-184]
Overweight	3.31	[2.75-3.95]	172	[143-205]
Obese	4.06	[2.98-5.60]	211	[155-291]
Total	3.47	[3.22-3.76]	181	[167-195]

^aConfidence intervals (CIs) were estimated based on 5, 000 bootstrap replications.

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