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Table 1 Patient demographics

From: The association between sexual orientation, BMI, obesity diagnosis, and provider recommendation for weight management

Variable

Lesbian (n = 85)

Straight (n = 255)

p-value

Bisexual (n = 48)

Straight (n = 146)

p-value

N (%) or mean (SD1) and median (IQR2)

N (%) or mean (SD) and median (IQR)

N (%) or mean (SD) and median (IQR)

N (%) or mean (SD) and median (IQR)

Age (years)

50.81 (14.22)

50 (39–62)

53.07 (15.30)

54 (41–65)

0.229

36.35 (12.62)

35 (27–42.5)

55.54 (15.05)

56.5 (45–67)

< 0.009

Race

  

0.038

  

1.008

White

39 (45.88)

81 (31.76)

 

16 (33.33)

50 (34.25)

 

Black

45 (52.94)

162 (63.53)

 

30 (62.50)

91 (62.33)

 

Asian/other

1 (1.18)

12 (4.71)

 

2 (4.17)

5 (3.42)

 

Other

0

5 (1.96)

 

1 (2.08)

1 (1.37)

 

Ethnicity

  

0.838

  

0.148

Non-Hispanic

Non-Latino

84 (98.82)

246 (96.47)

 

44 (91.67)

142 (97.26)

 

Hispanic Latino

1 (1.18)

7 (2.75)

 

4 (8.33)

3 (2.05)

 

Patient declined

0

2 (0.78)

 

0

1 (0.68)

 

Marital status

  

0.018

  

< 0.008

Single

47 (55.29)

106 (41.57)

 

38 (79.17)

53 (36.30)

 

Married/partner (including domestic partner)

33 (38.82)

103 (40.39)

 

9 (18.75)

52 (35.62)

 

Separated/other (including divorced, widowed, other)

5 (5.88)

46 (18.04)

 

1 (2.08)

41 (28.08)

 

Provider type

  

0.538

  

0.068

MD3/DO5

66 (77.65)

207 (81.18)

 

45 (93.75)

119 (81.51)

 

CRNP4

19 (22.35)

48 (18.82)

 

3 (6.25)

27 (18.49)

 

Pre-DM6 or Type 2-DM

36 (42.35)

118 (46.27)

0.628

21 (43.75)

71 (48.63)

0.628

Hypertension

37 (43.53)

130 (50.98)

0.268

12 (25.00)

78 (53.42)

0.008

Dyslipidemia

37 (43.53)

108 (42.35)

0.908

8 (16.67)

65 (44.52)

0.008

Obesity

47 (44.29)

127 (49.80)

9.458

27 (56.25)

78 (53.42)

0.748

Total number of visits in the year

2.64 (2.42)

2 (1–3)

2.75 (2.24)

2 (1–3)

0.379

2.52 (1.62)

2 (1–3.5)

2.51 (1.81)

2 (1–3)

0.829

BMI7(kg/m2)

37.42 (6.64)

35.53 (32.32–40.79)

36.97 (7.08)

34.82 (32.26–39.38)

0.449

37.82 (7.11)

35.49 (31.37–43.74)

36.60 (6.61)

34.79 (31.60–39.82)

0.429

  1. 1Standard deviation; 2Interquartile range; 3Doctor of Medicine; 4Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner; 5Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; 6Diabetes mellitus; 7Body Mass Index (kg/m2); 8Fisher’s Exact; 9Wilcoxon rank-sum test