. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2011 Feb 1;85(3):e322–e325. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.001

Table 2.

Prevalence ratios for patient-provider relationship elements by BMI category

Relationship Element	Normal Range (28.7%)	Overweight (34.1%)	Class I Obesity (22.3%)	Class II Obesity (8.7%)	Class III Obesity (6.3%)

Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (95% CI)^a
Adequate explanation	1.00	1.07 (1.00–1.14)	1.04 (0.96–1.13)	1.01 (0.91–1.13)	1.10 (0.97–1.25)
Adequate time spent	1.00	1.09^b (1.00–1.18)	1.03 (0.93–1.13)	0.95 (0.83–1.09)	1.14 (0.99–1.32)
Respectful treatment	1.00	1.06 (1.00–1.13)	1.07 (1.00–1.14)	0.95 (0.85–1.05)	1.05 (0.94–1.18)
Able to share concerns	1.00	1.02 (0.94–1.10)	0.98 (0.89–1.08)	0.86^b (0.74–0.99)	1.07 (0.93–1.25)
Satisfactory scale score	1.00	1.09 (0.96–1.22)	1.05 (0.91–1.20)	0.87 (0.71–1.07)	1.10 (0.88–1.37)

BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.

Log-binominal regression analyses adjusted for age, sex, race, poverty and education.

p-value<0.05.