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Table 1 Demographics characteristics of normal weight, overweight and obese general practice patients included in the study

From: A cross-sectional study assessing Australian general practice patients’ intention, reasons and preferences for assistance with losing weight

Characteristic

Normal weight

Overweight

Obese

 

Design based degrees of freedom

 

(n = 546)

(n = 461)

(n = 299)

 

p-value

 

n(%)

n(%)

n(%)

Test statistic

Age (yrs)

   

5.4

(4.5, 49)

>0.001

18 – 24

47 (8.6)

18 (3.9)

11 (3.7)

   

25 – 44

162 (30)

117 (25)

71 (24)

   

45 - 64

169 (31)

172 (37)

122 (41)

   

≥ 65

168 (31)

154 (33)

95 (32)

   

n(%) female

378 (69)

233 (51)

186 (62)

11

(1.6, 18)

0.001

n(%) Caucasian

473 (87)

403 (87)

247 (83)

1.5

(1.8, 20)

0.2

Number of times previously seen GP in last 12 months

   

4.5

(3.5, 38)

0.007

0 – 3

268 (52)

203 (47)

90 (34)

   

4 – 6

139 (27)

119 (28)

81 (31)

   

7 – 10

51 (9.9)

54 (13)

36 (14)

   

≥ 10

58 (11)

43 (13)

57 (22)

   

Level of education (n = 1197) a

   

1.7

(3.4, 38)

0.2

Completed HSC and below

212 (42)

196 (45)

136 (48)

   

TAFE or Diploma

87 (17)

66 (15)

53 (19)

   

University

165 (32)

134 (31)

67 (24)

   

Postgraduate

42 (8.1)

27 (6.2)

12 (4.3)

   

n(%) insufficient level of physical activity

230 (42)

212 (46)

188 (63)

22

(1.5, 16)

>0.001

n(%) smokers

57 (10)

49 (11)

33 (11)

0.03

(1.8, 19)

0.9

n(%) PHQ >10

70 (13)

57 (12)

69 (23)

9.9

(1.6, 18)

0.002

n(%) with heart disease

47 (8.6)

54 (12)

38 (13)

2.8

(1.7, 18)

0.1

n(%) with chronic pain

33 (6.0)

35 (7.6)

49 (16)

24

(1.7, 19)

>0.001

n(%) with high blood pressure

112 (21)

162 (35)

154 (52)

50

(1.7, 19)

>0.001

n(%) with high cholesterol

87 (16)

133 (29)

95 (32)

19

(1.9, 21)

>0.001

n(%) with type 2 diabetes

18 (3.3)

26 (5.6)

50 (17)

16

(2.0, 22)

>0.001

  1. anumber less than total due to incomplete surveys.
  2. HSC: High school certificate (equivalent to completion of high school); TAFE: Technical and Further Education (equivalent to technical certificate).