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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2015 Oct;150(10):999–1005. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2015.1250

Table 3.

Patient characteristics associated with the likelihood of receiving of bariatric surgery

Favoring receipt of bariatric surgery Effect Size NOT favoring receipt of bariatric surgery Effect Size
Patient Demographics
Female gender (Pitzul, Wee) 2/9 Older age (Wee) 1/9
Higher body mass index (Sivagnanam) 1/9
African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than Whites to consider bariatric surgery if their doctor advised it (Wee) 1/9
Having some college education (Wee) 1/9
Hypertension as a comorbidity (Wee) 1/9
Patient attitudes and behavior
Having a lower ideal body weight (Wee) 1/9 Concerns about surgical complications or death (Sivagnanam, Wee) 2/9
Receiving a recommendation from primary care physician to consider undergoing bariatric surgery (Wee) 1/9 Concern about the financial burden of bariatric surgery (Pitzul, Sivagnanam) 2/9
Higher obesity-specific quality of life (Wee) 1/9
Physically incapable of commuting (Sivagnanam) 1/9
Unable to arrange childcare for clinic appointments (Sivagnanam) 1/9
Concern about financial burden associated with commuting to clinic appointments (Sivagnanam) 1/9
Lack of choice regarding surgeon, type of operation and/or hospital (Sivagnanam) 1/9
Prefer to lose weight on their own (Pitzul) 1/9
Unable to complete participation in bariatric surgery preoperative program indicated by multiple missing appointments or dropping out of the program (Pitzul) 1/9
Unable to complete participation in bariatric surgery preoperative program due to inability to stop smoking cigarettes or marijuana, both preoperative requirements (Pitzul) 1/9
Prefer to lose weight on their own (Pitzul) 1/9

ES=effect size