Table III.
Characteristics of the CHC validation cohort
| Characteristics | Value |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 2679 |
| Age at severe obesity evaluation, mo, median (IQR) | 48.1 (39.5–55.8) |
| Male sex, n (%) | 1385 (52) |
| Race, n (%) | |
| White | 705 (26) |
| African-American | 737 (28) |
| Asian | 73 (3) |
| Multiple races | 238 (9) |
| Other/unknown | 926 (35) |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 1220 (46) |
| Hispanic | 1433 (54) |
| Unknown | 26 (1) |
| Health insurance, n (%) | |
| Public/Medicaid | 2407 (90) |
| Private | 252 (9) |
| Self-pay/none | 11 (< 1) |
| Unknown | 9 (<1) |
| BMI status in childhood | |
| BMI, kg/m2, median (IQR) | 15.9 (15.0–16.9) |
| BMI percentile, median (IQR) | 62.4 (32.5–84.4) |
| Severe obesity (BMI ≥99th percentile), n (%) | 121 (4.5) |
| Severe obesity (BMI ≥120% of 95th percentile), n (%) | 43 (1.6) |