Table 3.
Characteristics of patients who underwent bariatric surgery by race and ethnicity
| Caucasian | African- American |
Hispanic | |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 367 | n = 87 | n = 58 | |
| Mean age | 45.6 | 41.9 | 35.8 |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 46.2 | 48.7 | 47.6 |
| Sex | |||
| Male (%) | 26 | 11 | 24 |
| Female (%) | 74 | 89 | 76 |
| Education | |||
| High school or less (%) | 21 | 27 | 47 |
| Some college or 2-year degree (%) |
34 | 48 | 29 |
| 4-year college diploma or more (%) |
44 | 26 | 24 |
| Income | |||
| ≤$20,000 (%) | 10 | 23 | 33 |
| $20,001–$60,000 (%) | 26 | 51 | 42 |
| $60,001–$100,000 (%) | 29 | 20 | 19 |
| >$100,000 (%) | 35 | 6 | 5 |
| Insurance | |||
| Private (%) | 81 | 55 | 53 |
| Medicaid (%) | 7 | 28 | 36 |
| Medicare (%) | 9 | 15 | 9 |
| Other (%) | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Co-morbidities | |||
| Diabetes (%) | 29 | 37 | 29 |
| Hypertension (%) | 52 | 60 | 43 |
| CAD/heart disease/stroke/ PVD (%) |
8 | 6 | 0 |
| Asthma (%) | 21 | 25 | 36 |
| Obstructive sleep apnea (%) |
49 | 37 | 41 |
| GERD (%) | 52 | 31 | 36 |
| Depression (%) | 55 | 38 | 66 |
| Anxiety (%) | 41 | 29 | 43 |
| Arthritis (%) | 32 | 26 | 22 |
| Chronic back pain (%) | 41 | 52 | 55 |
| Anemia (%) | 10 | 36 | 17 |
Results delineated in bold indicate statistically significant differences across the variable by specified race/ethnicity group compared to Caucasian at p < 0.05. We used t tests to compare differences in means for continuous variables and Wald χ2 tests for differences in proportions between Caucasian and AA and between Caucasian and Hispanic patients