Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics, Number of BMI Measurements and Years Between Measurements (All Age Cohorts, Combined)
| Number of BMI measures |
Years between BMI measures |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic1 | n | % | Median | 25% | 75% | Median | 25% | 75% |
| Total | 15,920 | 100 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 7,756 | 48.7 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 6.3 |
| Male | 8,164 | 51.3 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 8,544 | 53.7 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,679 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 1.7 | 6.1 |
| Hispanic | 1,232 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 5.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 3,629 | 22.8 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Native Hawai'ian/Pacific Islander | 307 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 1.7 | 5.8 |
| Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native | 215 | 1.4 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 6.0 |
| Other | 314 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| Insurance | ||||||||
| Commercial | 14,749 | 92.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.4 |
| Medicaid | 1,048 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| Other | 123 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| CDC BMI percentile, category | ||||||||
| (0, 25) | 2,485 | 15.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 6.1 |
| (25, 50) | 3,161 | 19.9 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.3 |
| (50, 75) | 3,988 | 25.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.3 |
| (75, 95) | 4,365 | 27.4 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 6.3 |
| (95, 99) | 1,468 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.2 |
| (99, 100) | 453 | 2.8 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 6.3 |
| Property value, tertile2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 5,586 | 35.1 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 5.9 |
| 2 | 5,350 | 33.6 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 3 | 4,984 | 31.3 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 6.5 |
| Comorbidities3 | ||||||||
| Asthma | 1,178 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6.0 |
| Anxiety | 316 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| Depression | 118 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
1
Smoking self-report is not shown is the table owing to high proportion of missing data in electronic health record (43.6%). Of the analytic sample, 0.1% reported smoking currently, 0.2% reported smoking in the past, and 56% reported never smoking.
2
Property value tertiles varied from year to year. For 2017, the tertiles were ≤$337,405; $337,406–$530,965; and ≥$530,966.
3
Other comorbidities that occurred in 0.3% or fewer patients were psychoses, sleep apnea, eating disorders, diabetes, and kidney disease.
Appendix B (available online) shows the above data, by age cohort.
CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention