Table 1.

Major coding categories and their frequencies according to patient characteristics.

Codes		Male	Female	Black	White	35 yrs	65 yrs	Lower	Upper	Number of Codes Applied	Number of Interviews Codes Applied To	Percentage of Total Interviews
Experimental Factors		156	153	176	133	213	96	139	170	309	149	61%
Race		6	10	14	2	10	6	8	8	16	14	6%
Gender		2	6	6	2	3	5	3	5	8	8	3%
Age		54	56	61	49	83	27	68	42	110	76	31%
SES		58	47	54	51	60	45	27	78	105	77	32%
Weight		33	34	40	27	45	22	40	27	67	56	23%
Physical Characteristics		202	219	202	219	219	202	230	191	421	197	80%
Psychological/Cognitive		363	424	382	405	390	397	418	369	787	232	95%
Other Social Characteristics		91	76	77	90	83	84	98	69	167	116	48%
Social Support		80	64	66	78	71	73	87	57	144	107	44%
Lifestyle		6	3	8	0	7	2	5	4	9	7	2%
Style of Interaction		59	71	73	57	61	69	70	60	130	92	38%
Generic Patient Characteristics		271	277	278	270	285	263	274	274	548	211	86%
Total		1381	1440	1437	1383	1530	1291	1467	1354	2821	244	244