Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics*

	Intervention (n = 613)	Control (n = 557)	P-value for two-sample t test
Percent male	64% (48%)	59% (49%)	0.09
Mean age in years	64 (12)	65 (11)	0.54
White	87% (33%)	91% (29%)	0.09
African American	5% (22%)	4% (19%)	0.21
Hispanic	2% (12%)	1% (12%)	0.91
At least high school education	42% (49%)	47% (50%)	0.07
Income less than $30,000	41% (49%)	46% (50%)	0.23
Insured	91% (28%)	93% (26%)	0.42
Health maintenance organization	32% (47%)	26% (44%)	0.04
Smoker	55% (50%)	58% (49%)	0.28
Duration diabetes in years	7.7 (7.5)	8.2 (8.2)	0.26
Comorbidity Weighted Score	0.943 (97)	0.962 (96)	0.73
Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	138 (16)	139 (14)	0.33
Total chol/HDL ratio†	4.6 (1.4)	4.7 (1.5)	0.08
Mean LDL cholesterol	111 (41)	115 (38)	0.14
Mean HbA1c††	7.9 (1.8)	7.7 (1.6)	0.02
UKPDS 10-year risk score	30.7% (21%)	31.0% (21%)	0.86

*Characteristics shown above are based on comparisons including imputed data. Standard deviation is noted in parentheses.

^†Log total chol/HDL is the log of the ratio of total serum cholesterol divided by the high-density lipoprotein level.

^††HbA1c is the glycosylated hemoglobin.