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. 2020 Mar 16;5(1):1–9. doi: 10.1089/trgh.2019.0061

Table 1.

Patient Characteristics at Most Recent Visit

  Transgender women % (N) Transgender men % (N)
N 2509 1893
Median age (range) 30 (20, 70) 26 (20, 67)
Median BMI (kg/m2) (range) 26.4 (12.9, 66) 27.6 (14.2, 67.9)
 Underweight (≤18.5) 4.0% (99) 1.6% (31)
 Normal (18.6–25) 37.3% (936) 31.8% (602)
 Overweight (25.1–30) 27.0% (678) 27.7% (525)
 Obese (30.1–40) 24.7% (620) 28.1% (533)
 Class 3 Obese (≥40) 7.0% (176) 10.7% (203)
Sexual orientation
 Gay/Lesbian 24.4% (611) 12.3% (233)
 Bisexual 20.1% (503) 10.6% (200)
 Queer 12.8% (320) 34.3% (650)
 Straight 20.3% (509) 23.8% (450)
 Other 22.6% (566) 19.0% (360)
Race
 White 54.9% (1377) 66.0% (1250)
 Black 18.6% (466) 12.5% (236)
 Latinx 17.9% (448) 13.5% (256)
 Other 8.7% (218) 8.0% (151)
Insurance status
 Private 42.7% (1072) 58.5% (1107)
 Medicare 5.4% (135) 2.0% (37)
 Medicaid 26.2% (656) 16.7% (316)
 Sliding scale 25.8% (646) 22.9% (433)
HIV 13.4% (336) 0.7% (13)
Diabetes 3.3% (83) 3.0% (56)
Median year since first hormone prescription (range) 2.6 (0.5, 12.0) 2.2 (0.5, 11.9)
Ever smoker (missing=747) 38.9% (804) 37.9% (602)
Mean total cholesterol mg/dL (SD) (missing=378) 173.3 (36.3) 173.2 (37.0)
Ever use estrogen 99.0% (2485) 8.0% (152)
Ever use AA 94.2% (1364) 4.6% (87)
Ever use progestin 29.8% (748) 2.8% (53)
Ever use testosterone 1.6% (41) 99.6% (1886)

AA, androgen antagonist; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.