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Table 3 Characteristics of 47,628 Primary Care Patients by BMI Category

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

Characteristic

 

Obese

n = 14,290

Overweight

n = 16,402

Normal

n = 16,936

P value

Age

(mean years)

53

53

48

<0.0001

Number of PCP visits

(mean)

4.7

4.2

3.9

<0.0001

Women

n (%)

8,565

59.9

8,899

54.3

13,272

78.4

<0.0001

Race*

n (%)

      

<0.0001

   White

 

10,712

75.0

12,674

77.3

13,655

80.6

 

   Asian

 

179

1.3

567

3.5

1,229

7.3

 

   Black

 

1,244

8.7

989

6.0

649

3.8

 

   Hispanic

 

1,722

12.1

1,561

9.5

811

4.8

 

Private Insurance or Medicare

n (%)

12,104

84.7

14,502

88.4

15,467

91.3

<0.0001

History of CVD

n (%)

2,647

18.5

2,699

16.5

1,862

11.0

<0.0001

History of diabetes

n (%)

3,238

22.7

1,789

10.9

824

4.9

<0.0001

History of hypertension

n (%)

9,116

63.8

7,895

48.1

4,931

29.1

<0.0001

History of dyslipidemia

n (%)

9,235

64.6

9,495

57.9

6,769

40.0

<0.0001

  1. P-value is for general association across BMI categories. BMI = Body Mass Index (weight in kilograms/height in meters2), PCP = Primary Care Physician, and CVD = Cardiovascular Disease. *Designation "Other" for race deleted from set.