Table 1.

Socioeconomic and educational comparisons between ARF and non-ARF groups. Subjects were enrolled in a Medicaid-sponsored pediatric cardiology clinic (no. of subjects in parenthesis)^*

Characteristics	ARF Group (n=26)	Non-ARF Group (n=41)	Pvalue	Hawaii 2000 census (n=1.2 million)
Mean age in years	14.0 (26)	10.8 (41)	.002†	NA
% Male	62 (26)	56 (41)	.66‡	50 (1.2 million)
% Yearly income <$25,000	63.2 (19)	72.7 (33)	.54†	16.7 (289,012)
0–$1 4,999	15.8 (3)	42.4 (14)	.15§	7.9
$1 5,000–$24,999	47.3 (9)	30.3 (10)		8.8
$25,000–$39,999	26.3 (5)	12.1 (4)		57.8
$40,000–$74,999	10.5 (2)	15.2 (5)
≥$75,000	0	0		34.3
Household size	7.3 (26)	5.5 (41)	.01†	2.9 (403,240)
No. children/house	4.1 (26)	3.0 (41)	.03†	NA
Number in subject’s bedroom	1.4 (26)	1.7 (41)	.35†	NA
% In apartment	46.2 (25)	41.5 (41)	.34‡	39.4 (470,512)
% Home ownership	52.9 (26)	47.8 (39)	.2‡	56.5 (470,512)
% With high school diploma				84.6 (age 25+)
% of mothers	88.0 (25)	89.5 (38)	.9‡	NA
% of fathers	70.8 (24)	80.0 (35)	.42‡	NA

^*No. of subjects varies with each characteristics because some did not answer all questions.

^†P value determined by t test.

^‡P value determined by chi-square likelihood ratio and compares all values in subcategory between ARF and non-ARF group.

^§P value determined by test of logistic regression.

ARF=acute rheumatic fever; NA=not available.