Table 1.

Characteristics of Enrolled Patients by Ethnicity

	Latino (N=398)	African American (N=93)	White (N=778)
Characteristic	Weighted Mean (SD) or %	Weighted Mean (SD) or %	Weighted Mean (SD) or %
Demographics
Mean age (SD)	40.8 (13.8)++	41.9 (13.4)*	45.6 (15.8)
Female	72.2	79.8*	68.9
Married	52.5	42.3*	57.0
Education
< High school	39.2++aa	12.8	9.3
High school	28.0	26.6	31.4
Some college	26.8a	42.3	31.7
College	5.9++aa	18.2	27.6
Clinical Chronic conditions
0	24.5	18.7	21.2
1	25.3	23.3	23.8
2	20.3	29.3*	18.2
3+	29.9*	28.7	36.8
Heath-related QOL
Mean MCS-12 (SD)	36.9 (11.1)*	38.3 (11.0)+	35.0 (10.3)
Mean PCS-12 (SD)	44.1 (11.2)	45.5 (9.9)	45.4 (12.0)
Depressive disordersA
Double depression	12.1	7.9	11.5
Single depression	40.9*	38.3	47.5
Lifetime and current symptoms only	23.2	21.7	20.1
Symptoms only	23.8	32.2*	20.9
Concurrent anxiety	48.9*	37.8	40.4
Baseline appropriate care	12.8++	29.4	35.3
Any baseline care	31.6++	42.3	50.6
Employment status	60.9	74.1	64.5

SD: Standard deviation for numerical variables.

^ABased on CIDI diagnosis.

^*Differ significantly from white with p<.05.

⁺Differ significantly from white with p<.01.

⁺⁺Differ significantly from white with p<.001.

^aHispanic differ from African American with p=0.05.

^aaHispanic differ from African American with p<.001.