Patient characteristic | Diagnosis of obesity as recorded in HMD1 | Body mass index calculated from weight and height measured by nurses from HIMS survey2 | |||
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No obesity diagnosis N=793 (92.5%) | With obesity diagnosis N=64 (7.5%) | BMI 18.5-24.9 N=153 (18%) | BMI 25-29.9 N=488 (57%) | BMI > 30 N=216 (25%) | |
Age, mean (SD) | 76.3 (4.6) | 75.3 (4.3) | 77.1 (4.8) | 76.4 (4.6) | 75.4 (4.4)!! |
CCI, mean (SD) | 1.2 (1.7) | 2.3 (2.0)! | 1.4 (2.0) | 1.2 (1.6) | 1.4 (1.7) |
SES, % | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 30% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 36% |
Middle | 32% | 39% | 30% | 32% | 33% |
High | 38% | 34% | 44% | 39% | 31%! |
Yrs of smoking, mean (SD) | 21.3 (19.8) | 28.4 (19.2)! | 19.3 (20.2) | 21.9 (19.6) | 23.4 (19.8) |