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. 2009 Jul 28;8:34. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-34

Table 4.

Final covariates of excluded and modeled participants

Characteristics Participants in the Final Model Excluded Participants p-value
N (%) N (%)

 Total 14,474 (73) 5378 (27)


 Male 5944 (41) 1887 (35) <.0001


 Education

  Less than High School 1670 (12) 798 (15)

  High School 3751 (26) 1525 (28) <.0001

  Some College 3963 (27) 1407 (26)

  College Diploma 5090 (35) 1628 (30)


 Income

  Less than $20,000 per year 3071 (21) 623 (22)

  $20,000 to $35,000 per year 3991 (28) 797 (28) 0.42

  $35,000 to $75,000 per year 4904 (34) 914 (32)

  $75,0000 or more per year 2508 (17) 484 (17)


 Age

  Less than 55 years 1885 (13) 585 (11)

  55 to 59 years 2583 (18) 848 (16)

  60 to 64 years 2759 (19) 1052 (20) <.0001

  65 to 69 years 2654 (18) 1038 (19)

  70 to 74 years 2063 (14) 758 (14)

  75 to 79 years 1443 (10) 653 (12)

  80 or more years 1087 (8) 436 (8)


 Black 6291 (44) 2046 (38) <.0001


 Region

  Non Belt/Buckle 6802 (47) 2158 (40)

  Stroke Belt 5228 (36) 2074 (39) <.0001

  Stoke Buckle 2444 (17) 1145 (21)


 Season

  Summer 5542 (38) 2080 (39)

  Fall 2957 (20) 1116 (21) 0.76

  Winter 2891 (20) 1040 (19)

  Spring 3084 (21) 1142 (21)


 Never Used Alcohol 4291 (30) 1842 (34) <.0001


 Depressed 1605 (11) 653 (13) 0.0047


 PCS-12 (mean, stddev) 46.2 (10.6) 45.9 (10.5) 0.0449

stddev = standard deviation; PCS = Physical Components Summary

P-values for categorical variables provided from a chi squared test statistic and for continuous variables provided from a pooled t-test statistic calculated for each variable by inlcusion status.