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Table 2 Physician diet and exercise counseling by presence or absence of weight gain documentation

From: Physician counseling of young adults with rapid weight gain: a retrospective cohort study

Counseling category [n (%)]

Total

(n = 90)

Documentation of weight gain*

(n = 9)

No documentation of weight gain

(n = 81)

P value†

Weight specific counseling

5 (6%)

3 (33%)

2 (2%)

0.002

General diet and exercise counseling

32 (36%)

4 (44%)

28 (34%)

 

No active counseling

53 (59%)

2 (22%)‡

51 (63%)

 
  1. * This category includes individuals with documentation of weight gain as an encounter diagnosis (n = 3) or documentation within the note text (n = 6).
  2. † P value was computed using Fisher's Exact test to evaluate the association between diagnosis of weight gain and counseling category.
  3. ‡ Of note, the two individuals categorized in this cell had BMIs of 18-19 at the time of weight gain diagnosis.