Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of obese adults with cardiovascular disease who underwent bariatric surgery
| Characteristics | n = 11 106 |
|---|---|
| Age (years), median (IQR) | 48 (40–57) |
| Female sex | 8171 (73.6) |
| Race/ethnicitya | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 7071 (63.7) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1406 (12.7) |
| Hispanic | 1628 (14.7) |
| Other | 308 (2.8) |
| Primary insurance | |
| Medicare | 2232 (20.1) |
| Medicaid | 880 (7.9) |
| Private | 6993 (63.0) |
| Other | 1001 (9.0) |
| Quartiles for median household income of patient’s ZIP code | |
| 1 (lowest) | 2799 (25.2) |
| 2 | 3020 (27.2) |
| 3 | 2816 (25.4) |
| 4 (highest) | 2251 (20.3) |
| Season of bariatric surgery | |
| January–March | 2518 (22.7) |
| April–June | 2691 (24.2) |
| July–September | 2963 (26.7) |
| October–December | 2934 (26.4) |
| State | |
| California | 7285 (65.6) |
| Florida | 3608 (32.5) |
| Nebraska | 213 (1.9) |
Data were expressed as n (%), unless otherwise indicated.
IQR, interquartile range.
a
Analyzed for 10 413 (93.8%) patients with race/ethnicity data. Race/ethnicity data were not available in Nebraska.