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Table 1 Body Mass Index Documentation in 79,947 Patients in 12 Primary Care Clinics

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

Clinic

N

BMI

Height Documented

Weight Documented

  

%

%

%

1

3,027

93.5

94.1

99.1

2

4,559

89.8

95.7

91.6

3

3,274

86.9

87.5

99.1

4

3,989

85.8

94.5

87.4

5

1,344

75.1

75.2

99.5

6

7,747

65.8

66.0

99.0

7

21,299

64.0

65.8

96.1

8

3,962

55.4

55.8

98.7

9

12,919

50.2

55.4

71.1

10

4,781

41.9

44.4

78.4

11

8,052

38.2

38.3

99.0

12

4,994

34.0

35.7

88.9

Total

48,376

60.5

63.0

90.9

  1. Data are ranked by BMI documentation rate, include patients at least 18 years of age with at least two clinic visits billed to their PCP between 7/1/05 and 12/31/06, and include underweight patients (BMI <18.5 kg/m2) excluded from the main analysis. BMI = Body Mass Index (weight in kilograms/height in meters2)