Table 2.
Patient characteristics
| Patient characteristics | Patients, % (n=250) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 72.8 |
| Male | 27.2 |
| Ethnicity | |
| Non-white | 19.2 |
| White | 80.8 |
| Relationship status | |
| Married/committed relationship | 70.0 |
| Not married/no committed relationship | 30.0 |
| Education status | |
| College or further educated | 58.0 |
| Less than college educated | 42.0 |
| Employment status | |
| Full-time, part-time, or self-employed | 61.2 |
| Unemployed, homemaker, retired, disabled, student | 38.8 |
| Income | |
| < US$50,000 | 30.4 |
| > US$50,000 | 63.2 |
| Information missing | 6.4 |
| Age, years | |
| 21–40 | 20.4 |
| 41–50 | 26.0 |
| 51–55 | 19.2 |
| 56–65 | 24.4 |
| 66–85 | 10.0 |
| BMI | |
| Underweight | 1.2 |
| Normal weight | 28.4 |
| Overweight | 30.0 |
| Obese | 34.0 |
| Information missing | 6.4 |
| Health insurance | |
| Managed care (HMO, PPO) | 54.4 |
| Medicare | 3.2 |
| Medicaid | 23.6 |
| Individual/family insurance plan | 26.4 |
| VA CHAMPUS | 2.0 |
| US region | |
| Northeast | 29.6 |
| Midwest | 21.2 |
| South | 24.4 |
| West | 24.4 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HMO, Health Maintenance Organization; PPO, Preferred Provider Organization; VA, Veterans’ Affairs; CHAMPUS, Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services.