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Table 1 Characteristics of Canadians aged 20–60 years considered surgery-eligible and surgery-ineligible according to current guidelines

From: Characteristics of the population eligible for and receiving publicly funded bariatric surgery in Canada

Variable

Bariatric eligible

Ineligible

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Obese

Overweight

Normal/Underweight

Number of Observations

233

474

1071

1072

Population-projected sample size (rounded to the nearest 100)

1 515 300

3 419 200

7 623 900

8 153 100

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

40.1 (39.3-40.9)

32.7 (32.4-32.9)

27.4 (27.3-27.6)

22.2 (22.0-22.4)

Sex (%)

  Male

37.9 (29.3-47.3)

56.1 (50.3-61.7)

60.7 (57.0-64.2)

39.8 (36.3-43.4)

  Female

62.1 (52.7-70.7)

43.9 (38.3-49.7)

39.3 (35.8-43.0)

60.2 (56.6-63.7)

Mean Age (years)

45.8 (43.6-48.0)

44.1 (43.0-45.3)

43.6 (42.6-44.6)

39.1 (38.3-39.8)

Age (%)

  20-39

30.0 (24.0-36.9)

37.9 (33.5-42.5)

35.4 (31.7-39.4)

53.6 (50.9-56.3)

  40-59

55.0 (47.8-62.1)

48.2 (42.4-54.2)

53.0 (50.0-56.1)

39.8 (37.2-42.5)

  60+

15.0 (8.8-24.2)*

13.9 (10.5-18.1)

11.5 (9.5-13.9)

6.6 (4.9-8.8)

Ethnicity (%)

  White

87.1 (77.7-92.9)

86.5 (71.5-94.3)

81.2 (70.3-88.7)

77.7 (66.5-86.0)

  Others

12.9 (7.1-22.3)*

13.5 (5.7-28.5)*

18.8 (11.3-29.7)

22.3 (14.0-33.5)*

Highest education level (%)

  Secondary school graduate or less

43.1 (33.3-53.6)

35.0 (29.7-40.7)

27.4 (20.4-35.8)

23.5 (15.8-33.6)*

  Some post-secondary education or post-secondary degree

56.9 (46.4-66.7)

65.0 (59.3-70.3)

72.6 (64.2-79.6)

76.5 (66.4-84.2)

Household income (%)

  < $50,000

41.4 (28.7-55.4)

34.2 (26.2-43.2)

25.3 (20.0-31.5)

31.2 (24.5-38.7)

  $50,000 - $99,999

38.5 (30.2-47.6)

39.4 (32.0-44.1)

41.2 (35.0-47.7)

37.9 (32.0 (44.1)

  $100,000 or greater

20.1 (12.5-30.7)*

26.4 (18.4-36.4)

33.4 (26.2-41.5)

31.0 (27.1-35.2)

Physical activity (%)

  Highly active

11.1 (5.7-20.5)*

20.0 (13.6-28.3)*

20.7 (14.5-28.6)

22.2 (17.6-27.5)

  Moderate active

16.4 (10.5-24.6)*

21.0 (14.0-30.3)*

27.0 (23.6-30.6)

24.1 (20.2-28.6)

  Inactive

72.6 (63.8-79.9)

59.0 (46.4-70.5)

52.4 (42.9-61.7)

53.7 (46.8-60.4)

Smoking status (%)

  Never

45.9 (34.3-58.0)

44.8 (37.6-52.2)

47.7 (42.2-53.3)

51.2 (46.9-55.5)

  Current

20.7 (12.4-32.5)*

19.8 (15.9-24.3)

21.1 (17.3-25.4)

26.8 (21.1-33.4)

  Former

33.4 (24.9-43.2)

35.5 (28.6-42.9)

31.2 (28.3-34.2)

22.0 (18.1-26.5)

Self-rated mental health (%)

  Excellent or very good

65.7 (57.7-73.0)

73.3 (66.3-79.3)

78.4 (74.3-82.1)

70.0 (66.0-73.8)

  Good, fair or poor

34.3 (27.0-42.3)

26.7 (20.7-33.7)

21.6 (17.9-25.7)

30.0 (26.2-34.0)

Self-perceived quality of life (%)

  Excellent or very good

56.2 (46.6-65.4)

63.8 (54.0-72.7)

70.9 (66.4-75.0)

77.3 (74.7-79.8)

  Good, fair or poor

43.8 (34.6-53.5)

36.2 (27.3-46.0)

29.1 (25.0-33.6)

22.7 (20.2-25.3)

Hypertension (%)

39.2 (33.7-45.0)

20.7 (16.2-26.0)

12.6 (9.7-16.2)

6.8 (4.6-10.0)*

Diabetes (%)

15.1 (8.1-26.2)*

11.4 (6.6-19.0)*

7.0 (2.8-16.8)*

3.3 (1.8-6.1)*

Dyslipidemia (%)

63.1 (51.8-73.2)

54.2 (44.6-64.5)

45.7 (40.0-51.9)

25.4 (20.5-31.0)

Mood disorder (%)

17.4 (12.0-24.5)

9.2 (5.3-15.5)*

10.0 (7.6-13.1)

8.2 (5.9-11.3)

Osteoarthritis (%)

19.2 (11.7-29.9)*

7.3 (5.4-9.8)

5.4 (3.6-8.2)*

3.7 (2.0-6.5)*

Asthma (%)

9.9 (6.4-14.8)*

8.4 (5.7-12.3)*

6.4 (4.0-10.1)*

7.3 (5.4-9.7)

Mean number of prescriptions

2.3 (1.9-2.7)

1.7 (1.4-2.1)

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

0.9 (0.8-1.1)

  1. *estimate has a high variability and should be interpreted with caution.