TABLE 1—
Basic Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Total MEPS Sample of US Adults, by Body Mass Index (BMI) Category
| No. (%) | ||||
| n | BMI 23.0 to < 25 | BMI 25.0 to < 30 | BMI ≥ 30.0 | |
| Total sample | 10 301 (100) | 2174 (16.8) | 4798 (35.5) | 3329 (23.1) |
| Age | ||||
| 18–44 | 5058 (52.3) | 1125 (51.9) | 2342 (48.7) | 1591 (48.4) |
| 45–64 | 3465 (30.8) | 639 (29.5) | 1184 (32.7) | 1242 (36.7) |
| ≥ 65 | 1778 (16.9) | 410 (18.6) | 872 (18.6) | 492 (14.8) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 6266 (74.5) | 1417 (75.9) | 2951 (74.9) | 1898 (70.6) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1488 (11.1) | 245 (9.6) | 617 (11.1) | 625 (15.7) |
| Asian, non-Hispanic | 183 (3.0) | 70 (4.1) | 88 (2.3) | 25 (1.2) |
| AIAN, non-Hispanic | 53 (0.6) | 8 (0.5) | 21 (0.5) | 24 (0.9) |
| Hispanic | 2311 (10.5) | 434 (10.0) | 1121 (11.2) | 756 (11.7) |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 5099 (47.3) | 971 (46.0) | 2682 (57.3) | 1444 (46.2) |
| Female | 5202 (52.7) | 1203 (54.1) | 2114 (42.7) | 1885 (53.8) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 6309 (56.6) | 1258 (55.5) | 3037 (61.1) | 2014 (58.7) |
| Widowed | 757 (7.2) | 157 (7.2) | 331 (6.9) | 269 (7.7) |
| Divorced | 1143 (11.3) | 250 (12.2) | 522 (11.9) | 371 (11.8) |
| Separated | 224 (1.7) | 38 (1.3) | 103 (1.8) | 83 (2.1) |
| Never married | 1868 (23.3) | 471 (23.8) | 805 (18.3) | 592 (19.7) |
| Insurance | ||||
| Any private | 7237 (74.4) | 1556 (75.3) | 3471 (76.5) | 2210 (71.4) |
| Public only | 1561 (13.5) | 327 (14.7) | 664 (12.8) | 570 (15.0) |
| Uninsured | 1503 (12.1) | 291 (10.0) | 663 (10.8) | 549 (13.6) |
| Self-reported health/condition | ||||
| Fair or poor health | 1798 (15.0) | 302 (12.3) | 731 (13.3) | 765 (21.1) |
| Diabetes | 869 (6.3) | 86 (3.2) | 352 (6.7) | 431 (11.6) |
| Asthma | 938 (9.2) | 166 (8.3) | 403 (9.1) | 370 (11.3) |
| Hypertension | 2396 (19.8) | 338 (15.2) | 1010 (21.1) | 1048 (31.2) |
| Heart disease | 1066 (10.2) | 204 (9.6) | 456 (10.2) | 406 (12.5) |
| Number of conditionsa | ||||
| 0 | 6580 (67.2) | 1561 (72.2) | 3192 (66.1) | 1827 (55.3) |
| 1 | 2482 (22.8) | 463 (21.0) | 1095 (23.2) | 924 (28.0) |
| 2 or more | 1238 (10.1) | 149 (6.8) | 571 (10.8) | 578 (16.8) |
Note. MEPS = 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; AIAN = American Indian/Alaska Native. Column values add to 100% for each sociodemographic category. Subgroup comparisons all differ at P < .05; larger differences are highlighted in the text.
a Total number of self-reported medical conditions.