table 4.
Predictors of physician diagnosis of overweight in centrally obese patients with CVD
| Physician informed participants they were overweight (n=560) n ( %) |
Physician did not inform them that they were overweight (n=347) n (%) |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age categories | |||
| Less than 50 | 66 (18) | 29 (15) | 0.40 |
| 50 to 65 | 172 (33) | 75 (30) | |
| More than 65 | 322 (49) | 243 (55) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 270 (47) | 155 (43) | 0.29 |
| Female | 290 (53) | 192 (57) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Caucasian | 318 (79) | 230 (83) | 0.40 |
| Hispanic | 115 (7) | 55 (5) | |
| African American | 113 (12) | 56 (9) | |
| Others | 14 (2) | 6 (3) | |
| Poverty income ratio | |||
| Less than 1 | 109 (16) | 61 (15) | |
| 1-2 | 158 (30) | 105 (27) | 0.49 |
| 2-3 | 88 (17) | 52 (17) | |
| 3-4 | 50 (11) | 38 (16) | |
| More than 4 | 105 (25) | 65 (25) | |
| Education | |||
| Less than high school | 375 (34) | 240 (64) | 0.80 |
| High school or more | 185 (38) | 107 (36) | |
| Medically Insured | |||
| Yes | 498 (91) | 323 (92) | 0.68 |
| No | 52 (9) | 24 (8) | |
| Smoker | |||
| Current smoker | 72 (16) | 57 (23) | 0.06 |
| Former smoker | 256 (44) | 141 (38) | |
| Never smoker | 232 (40) | 149 (39) | |
| Self reported BMI kg/m2 | |||
| Less than 30 | 186 (34) | 263 (75) | <0.0001 |
| 30 -40 | 327 (55) | 78(24) | |
| More than 40 | 46 (11) | 4 (1) | |
| Actual BMI kg/m2 | |||
| Less than 30 | 24 (141) | 72 (248) | <0.0001 |
| 30 -40 | 65 (354) | 27 (94) | |
| More than 40 | 12 (65) | 2 (5) | |
| Diabetes | |||
| No | 68 ( 359) | 83 ( 282) | 0.0001 |
| Yes | 32 ( 200) | 17 ( 64) | |
| Hypertension | |||
| No | 22(110) | 32(91) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 78(450) | 68(256) | |
| Dyslipidemia | 0.09 | ||
| No | 35(199) | 198 (57) | |
| Yes | 65(361) | 149 (43) |