Table 4.
Demographic characteristics of HPV immunization cohort before and after weighting, grouped by RA.
| Before weighting | After weighting | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RA | Non-RA | P value | RA | Non-RA | P value | |
| N = 281 | N = 8663 | N = 2268282 | N = 66720714 | |||
| Age (years, mean ± SD) | 47.09 ± 8.5 | 39 ± 11.16 | <0.001 | 47.2 ± 8.57 | 39.37 ± 11.13 | <0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Male | 70 (24.9) | 3319 (38.3) | <0.001 | 490556 (21.6) | 25515797 (38.2) | <0.001 |
| Female | 311 (75.1) | 5344 (61.7) | <0.001 | 1777727 (78.4) | 41204918 (61.8) | <0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||
| Mexican American | 35 (12.5) | 1410 (16.3) | 0.087 | 297604 (13.1) | 11874722 (17.8) | <0.001 |
| Other Hispanic | 41 (14.6) | 867 (10) | 0.012 | 357612 (15.8) | 6347135 (9.5) | <0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 126 (44.8) | 3261 (37.6) | 0.014 | 1042612 (46) | 24761259 (37.1) | <0.001 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 58 (20.6) | 1521 (17.6) | 0.182 | 413977 (18.3) | 12436207 (18.6) | <0.001 |
| Other race | 21 (7.5) | 1604 (18.5) | <0.001 | 156477 (6.9) | 11301391 (16.9) | <0.001 |
| Education, n (%) | ||||||
| Under high school | 79 (28.1) | 1726 (19.9) | 0.001 | 666355 (29.4) | 13742359 (20.6) | <0.001 |
| High school or equivalent | 65 (23.1) | 1658 (19.1) | 0.095 | 564309 (24.9) | 12890995 (19.3) | <0.001 |
| Above high school | 137 (48.8) | 5279 (60.9) | <0.001 | 1037619 (45.7) | 40087361 (60.1) | <0.001 |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||
| Married/cohabiting | 172 (61.2) | 5650 (65.2) | 0.165 | 1433247 (63.2) | 43416038 (65.1) | <0.001 |
| Widowed/divorced/separated | 76 (27) | 1007 (11.6) | <0.001 | 583219 (25.7) | 8265534 (12.4) | <0.001 |
| Never married | 33 (11.7) | 2006 (23.2) | <0.001 | 251816 (11.1) | 15039142 (22.5) | <0.001 |
| BMI (mean ± SD) | 32.59 ± 8.68 | 28.89 ± 7.35 | <0.001 | 33.01 ± 7.1 | 29.64 ± 6.58 | <0.001 |
| Smoking status, n (%) | ||||||
| Every day | 145 (51.6) | 3929 (45.4) | 0.038 | 1100094 (48.5) | 30063106 (45.1) | <0.001 |
| Some days | 22 (7.8) | 979 (11.3) | 0.069 | 203900 (9) | 7375291 (11.1) | <0.001 |
| Not at all | 114 (40.6) | 3757 (43.3) | 0.363 | 964289 (42.5) | 29256853 (43.8) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes, n (%) | ||||||
| Yes | 7 (2.5) | 368 (4.2) | 0.148 | 57481 (2.5) | 3001784 (4.5) | <0.001 |
| No | 273 (97.2) | 8190 (94.5) | <0.001 | 2193089 (96.7) | 62882297 (94.2) | <0.001 |
| Borderline | 1 (0.4) | 103 (1.2) | 0.2 | 17713 (0.8) | 828452 (1.2) | <0.001 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 128 (45.6) | 1790 (20.7) | <0.001 | 1062189 (46.8) | 14879638 (22.3) | <0.001 |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 123 (43.8) | 2080 (24) | <0.001 | 998235 (44) | 16617759 (24.9) | <0.001 |
The bold values means statistical significance.
HPV, Human papillomavirus; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus.