Documentation of body mass index and control of associated risk factors in a large primary care network

Table 4 Documentation and Control of Risk Factors among 47,628 Primary Care Patients, by BMI Category

Risk Factor Documentation	Total	n = 47,628	Obese	n = 14,290	Overweight	n = 16,402	Normal	n = 16,936	P value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
BP	36,934	77.6	10,900	76.3	12,890	78.6	13,144	77.6	<0.0001
LDL	33,427	70.2	11,239	78.7	12,013	73.2	10,175	60.1	<0.0001
Casual Glucose	34,589	72.6	11,216	78.5	11,901	72.6	11,472	67.7	<0.0001
Fasting Glucose	13,421	28.2	5,347	37.4	4,804	29.3	3,270	19.3	<0.0001
Risk Factor Control	Total		Obese		Overweight		Normal		P value
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
BP <130 and < 85 mmHg	26,736	72.4	6,801	62.4	9,202	71.4	10,733	81.7	<0.0001
LDL <130 mg/dL	26,328	78.8	8,777	78.1	9,273	77.2	8,278	81.4	<0.0001
Casual glucose < 200 mg/dL	33,698	97.4	10,707	95.5	11,635	97.8	11,356	99.0	<0.0001
Fasting glucose < 100 mg/dL	8,482	63.2	2,753	51.5	3,146	65.5	2,583	79.0	<0.0001

P-value is for general association across BMI categories. BMI=Body Mass Index (weight in kilograms/height in meters²); LDL <130 mg/dL=<3.367 mmol/L; casual glucose <200 mg/dL=<5.55 mmol/L; fasting glucose <100 mg/dL=<11.1 mmol/L.

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