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Table 1 Characteristics of 508 consecutive patients seen in a general internal medicine clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

From: Self-perceived vs actual and desired weight and body mass index in adult ambulatory general internal medicine patients: a cross sectional study

Characteristic

No. (%)a

Age, mean ± SD, y

62.9 ± 14.9

Sex

 

  Female

257 (51)

  Male

251 (49)

Home

 

  Minnesota

176 (35)

  US, not Minnesota

296 (58)

  International

35 (7)

Education level

 

  <High school graduate

31 (6)

  High school graduate

100 (21)

  Some college

125 (26)

  College graduate

102 (21)

  Postgraduate

122 (25)

Smoking status

 

  Never

244 (48)

  Former

217 (43)

  Current

44 (9)

  1. aValues are number (percentage) of patients unless indicated otherwise.