Table 4.
The Patient-Physician Partnership Study: Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics for 279 Patients
| Characteristic | No. of patients (%) | Mean (standard deviation) |
| Age, years | 61.3 (11.8) | |
| Gender, female | 184 (66.0) | |
| Race | ||
| African American | 173 (62.0) | |
| Asian | 3 (1.1) | |
| White | 101 (36.2) | |
| Marital status, married | 98 (35.4) | |
| Education | ||
| < High school graduate | 87 (31.3) | |
| Years | 11.8 (2.4) | |
| REALM, ≥ 9th grade | 173 (62.9) | |
| Income | ||
| < $10,000 | 98 (37.7) | |
| < $35,000 | 170 (70.0) | |
| Employed | ||
| Full time | 51 (18.6) | |
| Part time | 16 (5.8) | |
| Retired | 96 (35.0) | |
| Disabled | 59 (21.5) | |
| Healthcare insurance | 249 (90.0) | |
| Medicaid | 85 (30.7) | |
| Medicare | 107 (38.9) | |
| Other | 140 (50.9) | |
| Prescription plan | 257 (92.8) | |
| MOS-SF-12 physical component | 40.3 (12.2) | |
| MOS-SF-12 mental component | 50.5 (10.9) | |
| Comorbid medical cond. | ||
| Diabetes | 121 (44.0) | |
| CVD | 48 (17.4) | |
| Angina | 25 (9.2) | |
| Heart failure | 16 (5.9) | |
| Stroke | 15 (5.4) | |
| Kidney failure | 10 (3.7) | |
| Depression | 64 (23.5) | |
| Body mass index | 32.9 (8.1) | |
| Systolic blood pressure | 135.3 (19.4) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 75.9 (12.9) | |
| Blood pressure control (JNC-7) | 130 (48.0) |