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Health Center and Baseline (1998) Patient Characteristics
| Age (mean, standard deviation) | 54.5 (13.6) |
| Female (%) | 67 |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |
| American Indian/Alaska native | 1 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1 |
| Black (non-Hispanic) | 29 |
| Hispanic/Latino (all races) | 32 |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 37 |
| Other | 1.5 |
| Comorbidities/complications (%) | |
| Hypertension | 59 |
| Myocardial infarction | 4 |
| Retinopathy | 7 |
| Neuropathy | 11 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 5 |
| Renal failure | 2 |
| Proteinuria | 7 |
