Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohort according to the presence of overweight or obesity, and the recording of a formal diagnosis of overweight or obesity.

From: Recorded diagnosis of overweight/obesity in primary care is linked to obesity care performance rates

 

Patients with overweight without a recorded diagnosis of overweight

Patients with overweight with a recorded diagnosis of overweight

Patients with obesity without a recorded diagnosis of obesity

Patients with obesity with a recorded diagnosis of obesity

P1

Age 2–5 years

 Total

9536 (34.2)

11,600 (41.7)

2158 (7.7)

4556 (16.4)

 

Sex

 males

5121 (53.7)a

5901 (50.9)b

1254 (58.1)c

2480 (54.4)d

<0.001

 females

4415 (46.3)

5699 (49.1)

904 (41.9)

2076 (45.6)

 

 Age, years

 males

2.7 (2.2, 3.8)a

3.3 (2.3, 4.4)b

3.3 (2.4, 4.4)b

3.8 (2.8, 4.6)c

<0.001

 females

2.6 (2.2, 3.5)a

3.3 (2.3, 4.3)b

3.1 (2.4, 4.2)b

3.6 (2.7, 4.5)c

<0.001

 P2

<0.001

0.633

0.024

0.006

 

BMI-Z score (first measurement)

 males

2.30 (2.13, 2.55)a

2.33 (2.15, 2.59)b

3.55 (3.21, 4.43)c

3.65 (3.25, 4.33)c

<0.001

 females

2.28 (2.12, 2.52)a

2.34 (2.15, 2.60)b

3.51 (3.22, 4.30)c

3.55 (3.22, 4.09)c

 

P2

<0.001

0.307

0.63

<0.001

<0.001

Height-Z (first measurement)

 males

−0.35 (−0.28, 0.49)a

0.10 (−0.76, 0.94)b

−0.69 (−2.98, 0.65)c

0.66 (−0.32, 1.54)d

<0.001

 females

−0.31 (−1.20, 0.48)a

0.17 (0.61, 0.97)b

−0.79 (−3.41, 0.65)c

0.59 (−0.22, 1.37)d

 

 P2

0.268

<0.001

0.179

0.235

<0.001

Ethnicity

males

 Jews

4054 (79.2)a

4455 (75.5)b

778 (62.0)c

1711 (69.0)d

<0.001

 Arabs

1067 (20.8)

1446 (24.5)

476 (38.0)

769 (31.0)

 

 females

 Jews

3566 (80.8)a

4371 (76.7)b

580 (64.2)c

1520 (73.2)d

<0.001

 Arabs

849 (19.2)

1328 (23.3)

324 (35.8)

556 (26.8)

 

 P2

0.051

0.129

0.315

0.002

 

SEP level

males

 Low

1680 (35.2)a

2095 (38.4)b

558 (49.6)c

1065 (46.9)d

<0.001

 Medium

1458 (30.6)

1738 (31.8)

348 (30.9)

219 (31.7)

 

 High

1628 (34.2)

1627 (29.8)

220 (19.5)

487 (21.4)

 

 females

 Low

1387 (33.2)a

1981 (37.4)b

400 (48.5)c

846 (43.9)d

<0.001

 Medium

1355 (32.5)

1694 (32.0)

257 (31.2)

673 (35.0)

 

 High

1431 (34.3)

1618 (30.6)

167 (20.3)

406 (21.1)

 

 P2

0.077

0.553

0.887

0.065

 

Age >5–18 years

 Total

11,2604 (32.9)

117,102 (34.2)

20,829 (6.1)

92,244 (26.9)

 

Sex

 males

57,965 (51.5)a

57,534 (49.1)b

12,551 (60.3)c

51,832 (56.2)d

<0.001

 females

54,639 (48.5)

59,568 (50.9)

8278 (39.7)

40,412 (43.8)

 

Age, years

 males

11.6 (7.3,14.0)a

12.1 (8.3,14.2)b

9.7 (6.2,13.2)c

11.6 (8.7,14.0)d

<0.001

 females

11.2 (7.3,13.8)a

11.8 (8.1,14.2)b

9.2 (6.0,13.1)c

11.5 (8.3,14.1)b

<0.001

 P2

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

BMI-Z score (first measurement)

 males

1.35 (1.17, 1.58)a

1.49 (1.26, 1.74)b

2.39 (2.16, 2.78)c

2.57 (2.26, 2.98)d

<0.001

 females

1.32 (1.16, 1.56)a

1.48 (1.25, 1.72)b

2.33 (2.14, 2.66)c

2.48 (2.21, 2.85)d

<0.001

 P2

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

Height-Z (first measurement)

 males

0.11 (−0.65, 0.83)a

0.23 (−0.50, 0.96)b

0.37 (−0.55, 1.20)c

0.56 (−0.17, 1.31)d

<0.001

 females

0.07 (− 0.64, 0.77)a

0.17 (−0.52, 0.86)b

0.19 (−0.68, 1.03)b

0.43 (−0.28, 1.15)c

<0.001

 P2

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

 

Ethnicity

males

 Jews

38,817 (67.0)a

39,376 (68.4)b

7,133 (56.8)c

32,766 (63.2)d

 

 Arabs

19,148 (33.0)

18,158 (31.6)

5,418 (43.2)

19,066 (36.8)

<0.001

females

 Jews

37,210 (68.1)a

41,795 (70.2)b

4853 (58.6)c

26,779 (66.3)d

 

 Arabs

17,429 (31.9)

17,773 (29.8)

3425 (41.4)

13,633 (33.7)

<0.001

 P2

<0.001

<0.001

0.01

<0.001

 

SEP level

males

 Low

22,508 (41.9)a

22,672 (42.4)a

5824 (50.3)b

22,620 (47.0)c

 

 Medium

14,806 (27.6)

15,978 (29.9)

3047 (26.3)

14,535 (30.3)

<0.001

 High

16,408 (30.5)

14,807 (27.7)

2718 (23.5)

10,935 (22.7)

 

females

 Low

20,754 (41.0)a

22,723 (41.0)a

3744 (49.3)b

17,092 (45.5)c

 

 Medium

14,115 (27.9)

16,926 (30.6)

2166 (27.8)

11,645 (31.0)

<0.001

 High

15,748 (31.1)

15,719 (28.4)

1738 (22.9)

8797 (23.5)

 

 P2

0.012

<0.001

0.058

<0.001

 
  1. The data are presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range, skewed distribution).
  2. The bold values in Table 1 was considered statistically significant for P1 < 0.05 and P2 < 0.05.
  3. P1 represents P values for the difference between the four comparison groups using the Pearson chi-square test for categorial variables or the Kruskal–Wallis 1-way ANOVA test for numerical variables with a skewed distribution. Multiple comparisons post-hoc analysis by the Bonferroni method was used to compare between each pair of groups. Rates with different superscripts (a, b, c, d) differ significantly from each other. P2 represents the P value for the differences between males and females within each group using the Pearson chi-square test for categorial variables or the Mann–Whitney U-test for numerical variables with a skewed distribution.
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