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. 2022 Dec 19;10(6):3140–3149. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01487-0

Table 3.

Race and/or ethnicity demographic characteristics of subjects with obesity

Hispanic Non-Hispanic Otherc
Study ID Total subjects, n (%) Demographic count, na White AA/Blackb Asian Native American or Alaskan Native Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Race Ethnicity Race Ethnicity Race Ethnicity
Aggregate Total 4304 4915 3180 (73.9) 766 (17.8) 46 (1.1) 79 (1.8) 3 (0.09) 829 (19.3) 141 (3.3) 2134 (49.6) 24 (0.56) 5 (0.12)
[31] 756 (100) 762 599 (79.2) 140 (18.5) 9 (1.2) See note See notec 14 (1.9)
[32] 79 (100) 79 21 (26.6) 10 (12.7) 36 (45.6) 10 (12.7) See note 2 (2.5)
[33] 1823 (68.3) 2429 1540 (84.5) 218 (12.0) 671 (36.8) 1152 (63.2)
[34] 20 (100) 20 18 (90) 2 (10) See note
[35] 24 (100) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
[36] 505 (50.1) 566 329 (65.1) 139 (27.5) 31 (6.1) 6 (1.2) 61 (12.1) 444 (87.9)
[37] 40 (100) 40 6 (15.0) 33 (82.5) 1 (2.5) 39 (97.5)
[38] 38 (100) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
[39] 35 (100) 35 20 (57.1) 12 (34.3) 3 (8.6)
[40] 53 (100) 53 40 (75.5) 10 (18.9) 3 (5.7)
[41] 144 (100) 144 62 (43.1) 77 (53.5) 3 (2.1) 141 (97.9) 2 (1.4)
[43] 144 (100) 144 101 (70.1) 43 (29.9)
[45] 60 (100) 60 45 (75) 15 (25)
[46] 307 (100) 307 230 (74.9) 69 (22.5) 2 (0.7) 4 (1.3) 17 (5.5) 290 (94.5) 2 (0.7)d
[48] 276 (100) 276 169 (61.2) 33 (12.0) 4 (1.4) See notec 67 (24.3) 209 (75.7) 3 (1.1)
Sub-studies
Aggregate Total 701 557 417 (59.5) 126 (18.0) 2 (0.29) 12 (1.7)
[42] 144 (100) NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
[44] 250 (100) 250 187 (74.8) 57 (22.8) 6 (2.4)
[47] 307 (100) 307 230 (74.9) 69 (22.5) 2 (0.7) 6 (2.0)

NR, not reported; a: studies were not explicit about whether a participant could report more than one race/ethnicity; b: studies differed on using “Black” or “AA” or “Black/AA”; c: studies differed in defining “other” (see Table 2); d: these patients were “ > 1 race.” This table provides the race and/or ethnicity demographic characteristics of the study subjects with obesity involved in each study presented in this systematic literature review