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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Jun 25;73(1):10.1016/j.pec.2008.04.002. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.04.002

Table 2.

BMI Based on Patient Weight Status Categorization by Patients and Physicians

Just Right A Little
Overweight		 Very
Overweight or
Obese		 Very Obese
ALL PATIENTS
  Doctor Ratings
    # of ratings 0 125 245 84
    Mean BMI (SD) -- 32.7 (2.7) 37.4 (5.1) 46.8 (8.1)
  Patient Ratings
    # of ratings 5 165 245 39
    Mean BMI (SD) 32.5 (2.4) 34.0 (4.6) 39.0 (6.2) 47.9 (8.9)
MALE PATIENTS
  Doctor Ratings
    # of ratings 0 48 86 20
    Mean BMI (SD) -- 32.6 (2.4) 35.7 (3.9) 45.1 (7.5)
  Patient Ratings
    # of ratings 2 91 52 8
    Mean BMI (SD) 32.9 (4.3) 33.6 (3.4) 38.2 (4.6) 49.0 (9.5)
FEMALE PATIENTS
  Doctor Ratings
    # of ratings 0 77 159 64
    Mean BMI (SD) -- 32.7 (2.8) 38.3 (5.4) 47.4 (8.3)
  Patient Ratings
    # of ratings 3 74 193 31
    Mean BMI (SD) 32.3 (1.4) 34.4 (5.8) 39.2 (6.6) 47.6 (8.9)