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. 2010 Dec;8(3-4):126–130. doi: 10.3121/cmr.2010.880

Table 2.

Proportion of adults with a BMI, weight, and height measurement in electronic medical record, by health plan.

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6 Site 7 Site 8 Site 9 Site 10
Number of adults with one or more outpatient visit in 2005–06, x1,000 246 293 98 323 124 95 191 338 2047 150
Proportion of adults with one or more outpatient visit in 2005–06, % 93 89 95 100 81 89 90 92 89 92
Proportion of adults with BMI recorded in 2005–06, %* 83 74 75 58 30 74 69 88 28 61
Proportion of adults with weight recorded in 2005–06, %* 91 95 80 75 53 92 87 91 30 82
Proportion of adults with height recorded in 2005–06, %* 83 75 84 60 71 75 86 93 48 64
Prevalence of adult overweight and obesity (BMI ≥25), % 68 70 64 67 72 72 71 71 71 63
Prevalence of adult obesity (BMI ≥30), % 34 39 29 34 41 40 38 38 37 31

* As stated in the methods, the rates of height, weight, BMI, and BMI percentile capture are based on the proportion of adults who had one or more outpatient visit during 2005–06.