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. 2026 Jul 1;25:275. doi: 10.1186/s12904-026-02208-8

Table 2.

Participant demographic characteristics

Characteristic M(Standard deviation) Mdn(Range) n(%)
Sex (female) 20(63)
Age (years) 16.8 (4.2) 17.5 (10–26)
Race White 21 (66)
Black 3 (9)
Other§ 3 (9)
Asian 2 (6)
Multiple races† 2 (6)
Missing 1 (3)
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic 21 (66)
Hispanic 8 (25)
Other 2 (6)
Missing 1 (3)
Insurance Public 21 (66)
Private 5 (16)
Private and public 3 (9)
Other 1(3)
None 1(3)
Rurality Non-rural county of residence 28 (88)
Rural county of residence 3 (9)
Missing 1 (3)
Primary diagnostic category Hematologic/oncologic 12 (38)
Neurologic/neuromuscular 8 (25)
Genetic/chromosomal 6 (19)
Cardiac 2 (6)
Pulmonary 2(6)
Missing 2(6)

†Self-reported multiple racial information included “White and Mixed” and “Asian and Filipino”

§Self-reported racial information included “American Indian,” “Hispanic/Latino,” and “Asian.”