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Table 2.

Healthcare utilization in the UK from the CPRD cohort and the US from the GE centricity cohort, by BMI category.

	UK BMI (kg m⁻²)					US BMI (kg m⁻²)
	Normal weight 18.5–<25	Overweight 25–<30	Class I Obesity 30–<35	Class II Obesity 35–<40	Class III Obesity 40–70	Normal weight 18.5–<25	Overweight 25–<30	Class I Obesity 30–<35	Class II Obesity 35–<40	Class III Obesity 40–70
Prescriptions	100.3	144.1	180.6	203.8	231.2	51.7	70.1	90.1	106.5	122.9
Prescriptions per year	23.7	30.2	37.2	41.9	48.2	18.3	21.2	25.0	28.3	32.0
GP/PCP contacts	78.3	97.5	112.2	121.1	130.7	35.1	44.9	53.7	60.4	66.7
GP/PCP contacts per year	18.2	20.3	23.0	24.5	26.8	17.3	17.0	17.5	18.0	18.9
Hospital admissions	1.51^*	1.76^*	1.91^*	2.04^*	2.22^*	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.10	0.11
Hospital admissions per year	0.39^*	0.40^*	0.42^*	0.44^*	0.50^*	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02

Data are observed means. GP, general practitioner; PCP, primary care physician.

Only calculated within the 2,693,267 individuals of the CPRD eligible for linkage with Hospital Episodes Statistics.