Stephen J Mooney1, Lin Song2, Adam Drewnowski1,3, James Buskiewicz1, Sean D Mooney4, Brian E Saelens5,6, David E Arterburn7. 1. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 2. Seattle-King County Public Health, Seattle, Washington, USA. 3. Center for Public Health Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 4. Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 5. Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA. 6. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. 7. Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Health system data were assessed for how well they can estimate obesity prevalence in census tracts. METHODS: Clinical visit data were available from two large health systems (Kaiser Permanente Washington and University of Washington Medicine) in King County, Washington, as were census tract-level obesity prevalence estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The health system data were geocoded to identify each patient's tract of residence, and the cross-sectional concordance between census tract-level obesity prevalence estimates computed from the two health systems in 2005 to 2006 and the concordance between University of Washington Medicine and BRFSS from 2012 to 2016 were assessed. RESULTS: The spatial distribution of obesity was similar between the health systems (Spearman r = 0.63). The University of Washington Medicine estimates of rank order correlated well with BRFSS estimates (Spearman r = 0.85), though prevalence estimates from BRFSS were lower (mean obesity prevalence = 26% for University of Washington Medicine versus 20% for BRFSS, Wilcoxon rank sum test p < 0.001). Across all data sources, obesity was more prevalent in tracts with less educational attainment. CONCLUSIONS: Health system clinical weight data can reliably replicate census tract-level spatial patterns in the ranking of obesity prevalence. Health system data may be an efficient resource for geographic obesity surveillance.
OBJECTIVE: Health system data were assessed for how well they can estimate obesity prevalence in census tracts. METHODS: Clinical visit data were available from two large health systems (Kaiser Permanente Washington and University of Washington Medicine) in King County, Washington, as were census tract-level obesity prevalence estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The health system data were geocoded to identify each patient's tract of residence, and the cross-sectional concordance between census tract-level obesity prevalence estimates computed from the two health systems in 2005 to 2006 and the concordance between University of Washington Medicine and BRFSS from 2012 to 2016 were assessed. RESULTS: The spatial distribution of obesity was similar between the health systems (Spearman r = 0.63). The University of Washington Medicine estimates of rank order correlated well with BRFSS estimates (Spearman r = 0.85), though prevalence estimates from BRFSS were lower (mean obesity prevalence = 26% for University of Washington Medicine versus 20% for BRFSS, Wilcoxon rank sum test p < 0.001). Across all data sources, obesity was more prevalent in tracts with less educational attainment. CONCLUSIONS: Health system clinical weight data can reliably replicate census tract-level spatial patterns in the ranking of obesity prevalence. Health system data may be an efficient resource for geographic obesity surveillance.
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