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Table 2 Life Expectancy and Active Life Expectancy by Initial BMI at Different Ages, U.S. Older Adults

From: Association between self-reported body mass index and active life expectancy in a large community-dwelling sample of older U.S. adults

Age

Life expectancy

Active life expectancy

under weight

normal weight

over weight

obesity

obesity subclass

under weight

normal weight

over weight

obesity

obesity subclass

I

II

III

I

II

III

65

16.9

19.1

19.6

19.2

19.5

19.1

18.3

10.3

12.3

12.3

11.1

11.8

11.3

9.7

67

15.2

17.5

18.1

17.7

18.0

17.6

16.7

9.1

11.1

11.2

10.0

10.7

10.1

8.7

69

13.7

16.1

16.6

16.2

16.5

16.1

15.2

8.0

9.9

10.0

8.9

9.5

9.0

7.6

71

12.2

14.6

15.2

14.8

15.0

14.7

13.7

6.9

8.8

8.9

7.8

8.4

7.9

6.7

73

10.9

13.3

13.8

13.4

13.7

13.4

12.4

5.9

7.7

7.8

6.8

7.3

6.8

5.7

75

9.7

11.9

12.5

12.1

12.3

12.0

11.2

5.0

6.7

6.7

5.8

6.3

5.8

4.9

77

8.6

10.7

11.2

10.9

11.0

10.8

10.0

4.2

5.7

5.7

4.9

5.3

4.9

4.1

79

7.6

9.5

10.0

9.7

9.8

9.6

8.9

3.5

4.8

4.8

4.0

4.3

4.0

3.4

81

6.6

8.4

8.9

8.6

8.7

8.5

7.9

2.8

4.0

3.9

3.2

3.5

3.2

2.7

83

5.8

7.4

7.8

7.5

7.6

7.5

7.0

2.3

3.2

3.2

2.6

2.8

2.6

2.2

85

5.0

6.5

6.9

6.6

6.6

6.5

6.1

1.8

2.6

2.5

2.0

2.1

2.0

1.7

87

4.4

5.7

6.0

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.3

1.3

2.0

1.9

1.5

1.6

1.5

1.3

89

3.8

4.9

5.2

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.5

1.0

1.6

1.5

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.0

91

3.3

4.3

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.8

0.7

1.2

1.1

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.8

93

2.8

3.8

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.2

0.5

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

95

2.4

3.3

3.4

3.0

3.1

3.1

2.6

0.3

0.6

0.6

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.4

  1. Standard errors of estimates are available in eTable 1