Table 1.
Characteristics of overweight or obese primary care patients
| Overweight (n = 1236) | Mild obesity (n = 661) | Moderate or severe obesity (n = 433) | |
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| Female (%) | 51 | 54 | 66 |
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| Age, years (mean (SE)) | 54.5 (0.8) | 53.9 (0.9) | 54.7 (0.9) |
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| Marital status (%) | |||
| - Married/cohabitating | 74 | 72 | 62 |
| - Single | 11 | 13 | 16 |
| - Widowed/divorced/separated | 14 | 14 | 21 |
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| Non-Hispanic White (%) | 94 | 94 | 93 |
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| Education (%) | |||
| - High school or less | 33 | 34 | 39 |
| - Technical/junior/some college | 21 | 26 | 24 |
| - College graduate | 27 | 24 | 24 |
| - Post-grad/professional degree | 19 | 17 | 13 |
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| Current smoker (%) | 13 | 16 | 15 |
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| Overweight or obesity documented (%) | 13 | 39 | 77 |
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| Comorbidities (%) | |||
| - Diabetes | 8 | 14 | 26 |
| - Lipid disorder | 61 | 63 | 68 |
| - Hypertension | 42 | 56 | 69 |
| - Cardiovascular disease | 10 | 11 | 15 |
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| At least one comorbidity (%) | 71 | 78 | 88 |