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. 2016 Mar;22(3):10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.3.272. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.3.272

TABLE 1.

Study Sample Characteristics

  Add-on n = 2,698 No Add-on n = 4,411 P Value
Age, years, mean [SD] 65.6 [11.4] 67.5 [10.4] < 0.001
  18-44, % (n) 5.3 (144) 3.4 (148) < 0.001
  45-64, % (n) 30.5 (822) 25.4 (1,122)  
  ≥ 65, % (n) 64.2 (1,732) 71.2 (3,141)  
Sex, % (n)
  Male 52.2 (1,409) 50.6 (2,233) 0.190
  Female 47.8 (1,289) 49.4 (2,178)
Race/ethnicity, % (n)a
  Non-Hispanic white 62.2 (1,679) 62.4 (2,752) < 0.001
  Non-Hispanic black 9.8 (265) 13.2 (582)
  Hispanic 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0)
  Other/unknown 28.0 (754) 24.4 (1,077)

Note: Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables, and t-test was used for for continuous age.

aRace/ethnicity data were only available for Medicare Advantage members. All commercially insured members in the sample were marked as “unknown.”

SD = standard deviation.