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Table 2 Distribution of baseline demographic characteristics of PORTAL patients (n = 2,860,305)

From: Interacting effects of obesity, race, ethnicity and sex on the incidence and control of adult-onset asthma

 

Total population

BMI (kg/m2)

<25

25.0–29.9

30.0–34.9

35.0–39.9

40.0–49.9

≥50

N (%)

 Age (years)

  18–39

700,548 (24.5 %)

187,257 (31.2 %)

260,014 (22.5 %)

141,290 (21.5 %)

64,996 (23.7 %)

39,778 (26.6 %)

7213 (30.1 %)

  40–65

1,507,052 (52.7 %)

269,106 (44.9 %)

605,983 (52.4 %)

369,320 (56.3 %)

159,459 (58.1 %)

88,592 (59.3 %)

14,592 (60.9 %)

  65+

652,705 (22.8 %)

143,604 (23.9 %)

290,840 (25.1 %)

145,162 (22.1 %)

50,046 (18.2 %)

20,906 (14.0 %)

2147 (9.0 %)

 Sex

  Male

1,307,645 (45.7 %)

223,739 (37.3 %)

587,681 (50.8 %)

323,679 (49.4 %)

114,094 (41.6 %)

50,906 (34.1 %)

7546 (31.5 %)

  Female

1,552,660 (54.3 %)

376,228 (62.7 %)

569,156 (49.2 %)

332,093 (50.6 %)

160,407 (58.4 %)

98,370 (65.9 %)

16,406 (68.5 %)

 Race/ethnicity

  Non-Hispanic White

1,413,998 (49.4 %)

305,329 (50.9 %)

575,541 (49.8 %)

318,138 (48.5 %)

132,652 (48.3 %)

71,183 (47.7 %)

11,155 (46.6 %)

  Hispanic

656,642 (23.0 %)

105,589 (17.6 %)

263,032 (22.7 %)

173,604 (26.5 %)

72,069 (26.3 %)

36,972 (24.8 %)

5376 (22.4 %)

  Black

327,148 (11.4 %)

46,157 (7.7 %)

113,792 (9.8 %)

87,652 (13.4 %)

44,754 (16.3 %)

29,181 (19.5 %)

5612 (23.4 %)

  Asian

301,722 (10.5 %)

108,670 (18.1 %)

138,957 (12.0 %)

40,504 (6.2 %)

9845 (3.6 %)

3422 (2.3 %)

324 (1.4 %)

  Pacific Islander

37,719 (1.3 %)

7335 (1.2 %)

13,976 (1.2 %)

8660 (1.3 %)

4321 (1.6 %)

2821 (1.9 %)

606 (2.5 %)

  AIAN

14,552 (0.5 %)

2493 (0.4 %)

5189 (0.4 %)

3675 (0.6 %)

1850 (0.7 %)

1115 (0.7 %)

230 (1.0 %)

  Other/unknown

108,524 (3.8 %)

24,394 (4.0 %)

46,350 (4.0 %)

23,539 (3.6 %)

9010 (3.3 %)

4582 (3.1 %)

649 (2.7 %)

 Health care assistance

  No

2,809,762 (98.2 %)

590,175 (98.4 %)

1,139,813 (98.5 %)

643,938 (98.2 %)

268,196 (97.7 %)

144,760 (97.0 %)

22,880 (95.5 %)

  Yes

50,543 (1.8 %)

9792 (1.6 %)

17,024 (1.5 %)

11,834 (1.8 %)

6305 (2.3 %)

4516 (3.0 %)

1072 (4.5 %)

 Neighborhood education

  Low

1,387,326 (48.5 %)

328,707 (54.8 %)

582,814 (50.4 %)

295,934 (45.1 %)

114,239 (41.6 %)

57,322 (38.4 %)

8310 (34.7 %)

  High

1,472,979 (51.5 %)

271,260 (45.2 %)

574,023 (49.6 %)

359,838 (54.9 %)

160,262 (58.4 %)

91,954 (61.6 %)

15,642 (65.3 %)

 Oral contraceptives (women only)

  Yes

467,551 (16.3 %)

133,053 (22.2 %)

168,619 (14.6 %)

91,033 (13.9 %)

43,140 (15.7 %)

26,925 (18.0 %)

4781 (20.0 %)

  No

2,392,754 (83.7 %)

466,914 (77.8 %)

988,218 (85.4 %)

564,739 (86.1 %)

231,361 (84.3 %)

122,351 (82.0 %)

19,171 (80.0 %)

  1. Chi squared tests were used to assess differences in proportions of demographic and clinical characteristics across different weight classes. P < 0.001 for all demographic and clinical characteristics shown
  2. AIAN American Indian/American Native; BMI body mass index