Table 3.
Annual Per-Person Cost ($Y2008) of Overweight and Obesity Incremental to the Cost of Normal Weight, Stratified by Study Design
| Author | Cost, Normal Weight | Incremental Cost, Overweight | % of Cost, Normal Weight | Incremental Cost, Obesity | % of Cost, Normal Weight | Incremental Cost, Overweight and Obesity | % of Cost, Normal Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cohort/Cross Sectional Studies (Nationally Representative) | |||||||
| Andreyeva (2004)11 | 5984 | 757 | 12.7 | 2257 | 37.7 | 1487 | 24.9 |
| ¶ Arterburn (2005)12 | 4197 | 416 | 9.9 | 1535 | 36.6 | 960 | 22.9 |
| ¶ Finkelstein (2003)13 | 3324 | 482 | 14.5 | 1429 | 43.0 | 942 | 28.3 |
| Finkelstein (2005)14 | 2230 | 398 | 17.9 | 1180 | 52.9 | 799 | 35.8 |
| ¶ Finkelstein (2009)15 | 3443 | -- | -- | 1429 | 41.5 | -- | -- |
| Heithoff (1997)16 | 4650 | 340 | 7.3 | 1183 | 25.5 | 775 | 16.7 |
| Sturm (2002)17 | 2915 | 244 | 8.4 | 772 | 26.5 | 500 | 17.1 |
| Sturm (2004)18 | 14584 | 1754 | 12.0 | 5506 | 37.8 | 3547 | 24.3 |
| Thorpe (2005)19 | 3335 | 328 | 9.8 | 1877 | 56.3 | 1081 | 32.4 |
| ¶ Wang G (2002)20 | 3889 | −99 | −2.5 | 2499 | 64.3 | 1166 | 30.0 |
| Wolf (2008)21 | 2396 | 3301 | 138 | 3836 | 160 | 3562 | 149 |
| Cohort/Cross Sectional Studies (Less Representative) | |||||||
| Anderson (2005)22 | 4265 | 1331 | 31.2 | 2298 | 54.0 | 1802 | 42.3 |
| Bungum (2003)23 | 129 | 523 | 403 | 577 | 446 | 550 | 425 |
| Burton (1998)24 | 1911 | −391 | −20.4 | 986 | 51.6 | 279 | 14.6 |
| Cornier (2002)25 | 5128 | −389 | −7.6 | 483 | 9.4 | 35 | 0.7 |
| Daviglus (2004)26 | 7191 | 1031 | 14.3 | 3251 | 45.2 | 2086 | 29.0 |
| Durden (2008)27 | 3528 | −53 | −1.5 | 1422 | 40.3 | 811 | 23.0 |
| Long (2006)28 | -- | -- | -- | 92 | -- | -- | -- |
| Quesenberry (1998)29 | 5116 | −128 | −2.5 | 1619 | 31.6 | 721 | 14.1 |
| Raebel (2004)30 | 1383 | -- | -- | 695 | 50.2 | -- | -- |
| Thompson (2001)31 | 3202 | 320 | 10.0 | 1153 | 36.0 | 726 | 22.7 |
| Tucker, L (2002)32 | 3540 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1281 | 36.2 |
| Wang, F (2004)33 | 2983 | 426 | 14.2 | 1157 | 38.5 | 782 | 26.0 |
| Wang, F (2005)34 | 16007 | 432 | 2.7 | 1072 | 6.7 | 743 | 4.6 |
|
Attributable Risk Studies | |||||||
| Oster (2000)35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1195 | -- |
| Thompson (1998)36 | -- | 143 | -- | 411 | -- | 273 | |
| Wolf (1996)37 | 197 | 434 | 221 | 894 | 454 | 658 | 334 |
| Wolf (1998)38 | -- | -- | -- | 2207 | -- | -- | -- |
|
Modeling Studies | |||||||
| Allison (1999)39 | -- | -- | -- | 1653 | -- | -- | -- |
| Gorsky (1996)40 | -- | 469 | -- | 1152 | -- | 836 | -- |
| Lakdawalla (2005)41 | 5727 | -- | -- | 733 | 12.8 | -- | -- |
| Thompson (1999)42 | 19886 | −169 | −0.9 | 3124 | 15.7 | 1433 | 7.2 |
| Tucker, D (2006)43 | 2075 | 530 | 25.5 | 1380 | 66.5 | 941 | 45.3 |
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