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. 2023 Jul 6;8:287. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19498.1

Table 1. Description of the study population by eligibility for obesity medication: analysis accounting for complex survey design.

Eligibility for obesity medication
No (n = 193,502) Yes (n = 66,629) p-value *
Sex <0.001
   Males 90,809 (77.1%) 22,986 (22.9%)
   Females 102,693 (68.3%) 43,643 (31.7%)
Age (categories) <0.001
   < 30 years 61,815 (85.7%) 11,474 (14.3%)
   30 – 39 years 53,138 (73.4%) 19,456 (26.6%)
   40 – 49 years 29,606 (66.7%) 13,943 (33.3%)
   50 – 59 years 19,591 (63.0%) 10,109 (37.0%)
   60 – 69 years 14,652 (62.9%) 7,216 (37.1%)
   70+ years 14,700 (71.8%) 4,431 (28.2%)
Education level <0.001
   < 7 years 52,089 (71.9%) 17,160 (28.1%)
   7 – 11 years 77,917 (71.4%) 27,502 (28.6%)
   12+ years 54,513 (73.1%) 19,918 (26.9%)
Socioeconomic level <0.001
   Very low 45,722 (84.2%) 8,459 (15.8%)
   Low 41,694 (81.7%) 9,038 (18.3%)
   Middle 35,238 (69.0%) 15,577 (31.0%)
   High 33,500 (65.9%) 16,934 (34.1%)
   Very high 37,348 (69.0%) 16,621 (31.0%)
Geographic area <0.001
   Urban 117,825 (68.8%) 51,446 (31.2%)
   Rural 75,677 (83.4%) 15,183 (16.6%)
Study year <0.001
   2014 19,583 (75.6%) 5,733 (24.4%)
   2015 23,753 (75.4%) 6,985 (24.6%)
   2016 22,767 (74.9%) 6,993 (25.1%)
   2017 23,254 (73.4%) 7,421 (26.6%)
   2018 23,607 (71.6%) 8,389 (28.4%)
   2019 23,003 (72.1%) 8,040 (27.9%)
   2020 14,860 (69.9%) 5,911 (30.1%)
   2021 20,833 (68.3%) 8,575 (31.7%)
   2022 21,842 (69.2%) 8,582 (30.8%)

Proportions are weighted according to complex survey design.

* P-value was estimated utilizing the Chi-squared test with the Rao-Scott second-order correction.