Table 3. Factors associated with eligibility for obesity medication and bariatric surgery.

	Eligibility for obesity medication		Eligibility for bariatric surgery
	Bivariable model	Multivariable model *	Bivariable model	Multivariable model *
	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)	PR (95% CI)
Sex
Female (vs. male)	1.39 (1.36 – 1.42)	1.36 (1.33 – 1.40)	2.31 (2.07 – 2.58)	2.23 (1.99 – 2.49)
Age (categories)
< 30 years	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
30 – 39 years	1.85 (1.78 – 1.93)	1.83 (1.76 – 1.90)	2.15 (1.80 – 2.58)	2.09 (1.74 – 2.50)
40 – 49 years	2.32 (2.23 – 2.42)	2.28 (2.19 – 2.37)	3.38 (2.85 – 4.01)	3.25 (2.74 – 3.87)
50 – 59 years	2.58 (2.48 – 2.68)	2.52 (2.42 – 2.63)	4.23 (3.56 – 5.02)	4.03 (3.37 – 4.82)
60 – 69 years	2.59 (2.48 – 2.70)	2.56 (2.44 – 2.67)	4.72 (3.95 – 5.65)	4.57 (3.79 – 5.52)
70+ years	1.97 (1.87 – 2.07)	2.10 (1.99 – 2.22)	2.81 (2.29 – 3.46)	2.83 (2.25 – 3.57)
Education level
< 7 years	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
7 – 11 years	1.02 (0.99 – 1.05)	1.00 (0.97 – 1.03)	1.04 (0.93 – 1.17)	1.01 (0.89 – 1.14)
12+ years	0.96 (0.93 – 0.99)	0.86 (0.83 – 0.89)	0.93 (0.82 – 1.05)	0.79 (0.69 – 0.91)
Socioeconomic level
Very low	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Low	1.16 (1.11 – 1.21)	1.05 (0.99 – 1.11)	1.04 (0.85 – 1.27)	0.75 (0.59 – 0.97)
Middle	1.96 (1.88 – 2.05)	1.47 (1.39 – 1.55)	3.33 (2.81 – 3.94)	1.68 (1.31 – 2.14)
High	2.16 (2.07 – 2.25)	1.58 (1.49 – 1.67)	3.91 (3.33 – 4.59)	1.86 (1.46 – 2.39)
Very high	1.97 (1.89 – 2.05)	1.62 (1.55 – 1.70)	3.12 (2.66 – 3.66)	2.11 (1.71 – 2.59)
Geographic area
Rural (vs. urban)	0.53 (0.52 – 0.55)	0.73 (0.70 – 0.76)	0.29 (0.26 – 0.32)	0.52 (0.44 – 0.61)
Study year
Per each additional year	1.04 (1.03 – 1.05)	1.03 (1.02 – 1.04)	1.07 (1.05 – 1.09)	1.08 (1.04 – 1.11)

* Model adjusted for the listed variables (PR = prevalence ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence intervals).