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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Jul 10;37(5):751–753. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2012.113

Table 1.

Visit characteristics to PCPs with higher rates of weight counseling (Positive Deviants, PD) versus other PCPs.

Visits to PD PCPs
Unweighted
(n=1580);
Weighted
(n=65,023,129)		 Visits to Other PCPs
Unweighted
(n=19,642);
Weighted
(n=771,014,141)		 P
(unweighted)
Patient Characteristics
Age (mean) 52.5 49.6 <.001
Metro area 91.4 85.9 <.001
Sex, Female 62.5 67.1 <.001
Race, white 81.5 81.9 .64
Ethnicity, Hispanic 9.1 8.4 <.001
Private insurance 62.4 67.4 <.001
Hypertension 40.5 32.3 <.001
Diabetes 16.7 14.1 <.001
Obesity 21.1 8.7 <.001
Visit Counseling
Weight Counseling 30.6 3.6 <.001
Diet/Nutrition Counseling 42.6 12.7 <.001
Exercise Counseling 34.2 8.2 <.001
Tobacco Counseling 7.7 2.9 <.001