Low lymphocyte count in underweight Japanese women

Table 3 Association of low lymphocyte count (<1,500/mm³) with being underweight and restricting food intake

	Lymphocyte count		P value*	Multivariate OR^a (95% CI)	P value
	Normal (≥1,500/mm³)	Low (<1,500/mm³)	P value*	Multivariate OR^a (95% CI)	P value
Body mass index (BMI) groups
Severely underweight	6 (60.0)	4 (40.0)	0.049	1.95 (1.07–3.56)	0.030
Slightly underweight	10 (76.9)	3 (23.1)
Normal	64 (79.0)	17 (21.0)
Obese	10 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Restricted food intake group
Restricting	6 (60.0)	4 (40.0)	0.213	3.73 (0.91–15.30)	0.067
Not restricting	84 (80.8)	20 (19.2)

Data are expressed as frequency (%), odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidential interval (CI) of logistic regression analysis
Severely underweight (BMI ≤ 17.5 kg/m²), slightly underweight (17.5 < BMI < 18.5 kg/m²), normal (18.5 ≤ BMI < 25 kg/m²), obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²)
* By chi-square for trend or Fisher’s exact probability test
^aMultivariate OR adjusted for age, restricted food intake, and BMI classification

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