Patient characteristic
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Diagnosis of obesity as recorded in HMD1
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Body mass index calculated from weight and height measured by nurses from HIMS survey2
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No obesity diagnosis N=793 (92.5%)
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With obesity diagnosis N=64 (7.5%)
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BMI 18.5-24.9 N=153 (18%)
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BMI 25-29.9 N=488 (57%)
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BMI > 30 N=216 (25%)
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Age, mean (SD)
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76.3 (4.6)
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75.3 (4.3)
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77.1 (4.8)
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76.4 (4.6)
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75.4 (4.4)!!
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CCI, mean (SD)
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1.2 (1.7)
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2.3 (2.0)!
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1.4 (2.0)
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1.2 (1.6)
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1.4 (1.7)
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SES, %
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Low
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30%
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27%
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26%
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28%
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36%
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Middle
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32%
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39%
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30%
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32%
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33%
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High
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38%
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34%
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44%
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39%
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31%!
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Yrs of smoking, mean (SD)
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21.3 (19.8)
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28.4 (19.2)!
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19.3 (20.2)
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21.9 (19.6)
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23.4 (19.8)
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- ! 0.001<p<0.05; !! p<0.001.
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1 Patients with an obesity diagnosis in HMD were compared with those who had no such diagnosis in HMD.
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2 Patients with BMI 25-29.9 or BMI > 30 were compared with those with BMI 18.5-24.9.
- Abbreviations: CCI (Charlson Co-morbidity Index); SES (socioeconomic status according to distribution of Socio Economic indices For Areas (SEFA); Yrs (years)).