Self-Reported Disability in Adults with Severe Obesity

Table 2

Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) disability index scores by body mass index (BMI) group, gender, and comorbidities.

Characteristics	BMI group			Total
	Group I	Group II	Group III
	35–39.99 kg/m^2	40–44.99 kg/m^2	≥45 kg/m^2
All patients
N [%]	60 [22.9%]	71 [27.1%]	131 [50%]	262 [100%]
HAQ:
Range	0–1.75	0–2.5	0–2.625	0–2.65
Median	0.125	0.375	0.75	0.375
Mean (SD)	0.202 (0.29)	0.515 (0.61)	0.842 (0.67)	0.607 (0.64)
Men
N [%]	17 [6.48%]	18 [6.87%]	44 [16.8%]	79 [30.15%]
HAQ:
Range	0–0.625	0–2.125	0–2.5	0–2.5
Median	0.125	0.3125	0.875	0.5
Mean (SD)	0.206 (0.22)	0.388 (0.55)	0.954 (0.63)	0.664 (0.64)
Women
N [%]	43 [16.41%]	53 [20.23%]	87 [33.20%]	183 [69.85%]
HAQ:
Range	0–1.75	0–2.5	0–2.625	0–2.65
Median	0.0	0.375	0.625	0.375
Mean (SD)	0.2 (0.32)	0.559 (0.63)	0.785 (0.69)	0.582 (0.65)
Non T2DM
N [%]	38 [14.50%]	46 [17.55%]	86 [32.82%]	170 [64.88%]
HAQ:
Range	0–0.75	0–2.5	0–2.5	0–2.5
Median	0.0	0.25	0.625	0.3125
Mean (SD)	0.134 (0.2)	0.407 (0.54)	0.729 (0.65)	0.509 (0.6)
T2DM
N [%]	22 [8.39%]	25 [9.54%]	45 [17.17%]	92 [35.12%]
HAQ:
Range	0–1.75	0–2.0	0–2.625	0–2.625
Median	0.375	0.5	1.0	0.5625
Mean (SD)	0.318 (0.38)	0.715 (0.71)	1.058 (0.66)	0.788 (0.68)
Non MetS
N [%]	39 [14.88%]	43 [16.41%]	82 [31.29%]	164 [62.59%]
HAQ:
Range	0–1.75	0–2.5	0–2.25	0–2.5
Median	0.0	0.25	0.5625	0.375
Mean (SD)	0.163 (0.31)	0.424 (0.54)	0.698 (0.61)	0.499 (0.58)
MetS
N [%]	21 [8.02%]	28 [10.69%]	49 [18.70%]	98 [37.41%]
HAQ:
Range	0–0.625	0–2.0	0–2.625	0–2.625
Median	0.375	0.5	1.0	0.5625
Mean (SD)	0.273 (0.23)	0.656 (0.7)	1.084 (0.7)	0.788 (0.71)
Nondepressed
N [%]	47 [17.93%]	51 [19.46%]	87 [33.2%]	185 [70.61%]
HAQ:
Range	0–0.75	0–2.5	0–2.375	0–2.5
Median	0.0	0.25	0.5	0.375
Mean (SD)	0.154 (0.2)	0.485 (0.63)	0.686 (0.61)	0.495 (0.58)
Depression
N [%]	13 [4.96%]	20 [7.64%]	44 [16.79%]	77 [29.39%]
HAQ:
Range	0–1.75	0–2.125	0–2.625	0–2.625
Median	0.375	0.5	1.25	0.75
Mean (SD)	0.375 (0.47)	0.593 (0.59)	1.150 (0.7)	0.875 (0.71)

Figures in brackets indicate % of total cohort.
SD: standard deviation; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; MetS: metabolic syndrome.