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