Table 2.
Baseline patient characteristics.
| Variable | Normal/Overweight | Obese (Obesity Class 1 and 2) |
Morbidly Obese (Obesity Class III) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of subjects (%) | n = 11,028 (66.5) | n = 4547 (27.4) | n = 1004 (6.1) | |
| Characteristics | ||||
| Age in years med (IQR) | 60 (43,71) | 61 (49,70) | 56 (45,67) | <0.0001 |
| Age categories (%) | ||||
| 18–29 30–39 40–49 50–59 60–69 70–79 |
1346 (12.2) 1030 (9.4) 1270 (11.5) 1783 (16.2) 2397 (21.7) 3202 (29.0) |
272 (5.9) 383 (8.4) 553 (12.2) 901 (19.8) 1167 (25.8) 1271 (27.9) |
71 (7.1) 81 (8.1) 193 (19.2) 230 (22.9) 255 (25.4) 174 (17.3) |
<0.001 |
| Charlson Index med (IQR) | 0 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) | 1 (0,2) | <0.0001 |
| Gender female n (%) | 4455 (40.4) | 2073 (45.6) | 629 (62.7) | <0.001 |
| Indigenous/Torres islander status n (%) | 328 (2.9) | 134 (2.9) | 43 (4.3) | 0.176 |
| IRSD Quintile n (%) | ||||
| Q1 (most disadvantaged) Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 (least disadvantaged) |
2505 (23.1) 2391 (22.2) 2147 (19.8) 1844 (17.0) 1942 (17.9) |
1157 (25.8) 1105 (24.7) 866 (19.3) 717 (16.0) 634 (14.2) |
297 (30.0) 259 (26.3) 183 (18.5) 128 (12.9) 122 (12.3) |
<0.001 |
IQR, interquartile range; IRSD, index of relative socio-economic disadvantage.