Table 2 Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics in 79,947 Patients in 12 Primary Care Clinics by Documentation or Missingness of BMI
Characteristic | BMI Documented | 48,376 | BMI not Documented | 31,571 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinic | n | % | <0.0001 | ||||
1 | 2,830 | 5.9 | 197 | 0.6 | |||
2 | 4,093 | 8.5 | 466 | 1.5 | |||
3 | 2,844 | 5.9 | 430 | 1.4 | |||
4 | 3,421 | 7.1 | 568 | 1.8 | |||
5 | 1,009 | 2.1 | 335 | 1.1 | |||
6 | 5,095 | 10.5 | 2,652 | 8.4 | |||
7 | 13,630 | 28.2 | 7,669 | 24.3 | |||
8 | 2,194 | 4.5 | 1,768 | 5.6 | |||
9 | 6,489 | 13.4 | 6,431 | 20.4 | |||
10 | 2,003 | 4.1 | 2,778 | 8.8 | |||
11 | 3,073 | 6.4 | 4,979 | 15.8 | |||
12 | 1,696 | 3.5 | 3,298 | 10.5 | |||
Age | mean years | 51 | 53 | <0.0001 | |||
Women | n | % | 31,412 | 64.9 | 15,986 | 50.6 | <0.0001 |
Race | n | % | <0.0001 | ||||
White | 37,625 | 77.8 | 25,264 | 80.0 | |||
Asian | 2,057 | 4.3 | 1,426 | 4.5 | |||
Black | 2,908 | 6.0 | 1,464 | 4.6 | |||
Hispanic | 4,123 | 8.5 | 2,397 | 7.6 | |||
Number of PCP visits | mean | range | 4.2 | (2-61) | 3.9 | (2-56) | <0.0001 |
Commercial Insurance or Medicare | n | % | 42,740 | 88.4 | 27,522 | 87.2 | <0.0001 |
History of CVD | n | % | 7,298 | 15.1 | 4,989 | 15.8 | 0.0060 |
History of diabetes | n | % | 5,872 | 12.1 | 3,453 | 10.9 | <0.0001 |
History of hypertension | n | % | 22,121 | 45.7 | 14,698 | 46.6 | 0.02 |
History of dyslipidemia | n | % | 25,698 | 53.1 | 17,133 | 54.3 | 0.002 |
HbA1c | % | 6.7 | 6.8 | 0.0001 | |||
Blood pressure | mean mmHg | 122/75 | 123/74 | <0.0001 | |||
Total cholesterol | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 188.1 (4.87) | 188.5 (4.88) | 0.29 | |||
LDL | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 104.1 (2.70) | 105 (2.72) | 0.001 | |||
HDL | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 59.3 (1.54) | 57.8 (1.50) | <0.0001 | |||
Triglyceride level | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 127.8 (1.44) | 132.6 (1.50) | <0.0001 | |||
Casual glucose | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 101.8 (5.65) | 100.8 (5.59) | 0.0007 | |||
Fasting glucose | mean mg/dL (mmol/L) | 102.4 (5.68) | 100.9 (5.60) | 0.0007 | |||
Risk factor documentation | Total n | % | |||||
Blood Pressure | 64,204 | 80.3 | 37,489 | 77.5 | 26,715 | 84.6 | <0.0001 |
LDL | 55,210 | 69.1 | 33,788 | 69.8 | 21,422 | 67.9 | <0.0001 |
Casual glucose | 56,984 | 71.3 | 35,125 | 72.6 | 21,859 | 69.2 | <0.0001 |
Fasting glucose | 21,533 | 26.9 | 13,533 | 28.0 | 8,000 | 25.3 | <0.0001 |
HbA1c | 14,252 | 17.8 | 9,367 | 19.4 | 4,885 | 15.5 | <0.0001 |
Total cholesterol | 58,951 | 73.7 | 36,247 | 74.9 | 22,704 | 71.9 | <0.0001 |
HDL | 58,373 | 73.0 | 35,874 | 74.2 | 22,499 | 71.3 | <0.0001 |
Triglycerides | 55,948 | 70.0 | 34,247 | 70.8 | 21,701 | 68.7 | <0.0001 |
Risk factor control in those with documented risk factor | Total n | % | |||||
Blood Pressure <130 and < 85 mmHg | 46,748 | 72.8 | 27,212 | 72.6 | 19,536 | 73.1 | 0.13 |
LDL <130 mg/dL | 43,369 | 78.6 | 26,656 | 78.9 | 16,713 | 78.0 | 0.015 |
Casual glucose < 200 mg/dL | 55,642 | 97.6 | 34,231 | 97.5 | 21,411 | 98.0 | 0.0001 |
Fasting glucose < 100 mg/dL | 13,782 | 64.0 | 8,574 | 63.4 | 5,208 | 65.1 | 0.01 |
HbA1c <7% | 9,638 | 67.6 | 6,463 | 69.0 | 3,175 | 65.0 | <0.0001 |
Total cholesterol <200 mg/dL | 37,279 | 63.2 | 22,952 | 63.3 | 14,327 | 63.1 | 0.59 |
HDL >35 mg/dL (male) and >40 mg/dL (female) | 52,971 | 90.8 | 32,742 | 91.3 | 20,229 | 89.9 | <0.0001 |
Triglycerides <150 mg/dL | 48,188 | 86.1 | 29,675 | 86.7 | 18,513 | 85.3 | <0.0001 |