The time burden of overweight and obesity in primary care

Table 3 Odds ratios and attributable fractions (AFs) for receiving a diagnosis code or having a medication prescribed during the office visit.*

Diagnosis or Medication	Number of Cases	Estimated Population %	Odds Ratio	p-value	AF
Diabetes
Normal	105	5.14	1.00	< 0.0001	56.67%
Overweight	182	8.04	1.60 (1.09, 2.35)
Obese	506	19.42	5.08 (3.57, 7.22)
Hypertension
Normal	350	22.84	1.00	< 0.0001	27.11%
Overweight	525	30.30	1.38 (1.08, 1.76)
Obese	922	39.98	2.50 (1.98, 3.14)
Hyperlipidemia
Normal	214	14.14	1.00	< 0.0001	28.36%
Overweight	365	20.33	1.46 (1.12, 1.90)
Obese	485	23.75	2.06 (1.55, 2.74)
Musculoskeletal
Normal	251	17.80	1.00	0.0005	13.10%
Overweight	296	19.71	1.07 (0.86, 1.34)
Obese	431	23.90	1.46 (1.19, 1.80)
Cardiovascular disease
Normal	139	9.71	1.00	0.0001	23.13%
Overweight	201	12.97	1.33 (1.02, 1.73)
Obese	277	14.07	1.78 (1.36, 2.34)
Depression
Normal	145	9.09	1.00
Overweight	182	9.40	1.15 (0.88, 1.49)	0.468	8.59%
Obese	251	10.16	1.16 (0.90, 1.48)
Obesity†			0, 1.00)
Normal	10	0.40	1.00	< 0.0001	88.68%
Overweight	35	1.16	3.83 (1.28, 11.48)
Obese	180	6.45	21.01 (5.92, 74.53)

*Logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, insurance status, type of practice (solo or group), and number of past visits during the previous 12 months. Regressions were limited to patients with BMI recorded at visit and excluded those with BMI < 18.5 kg/m².
†Obesity odds ratios and AFs based on diagnosis codes only.

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