Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by Morisky Medication Adherence Scale score category

	Morisky Medication Adherence Scale category (score range)
	Low (<6) N=8	Medium (6 to <8) N=29	High (8) N=50	P-value
Mean (SE) age, years	72.8 (1.8)	76.8 (1.6)	76.3 (0.9)	0.41
Male, %	0	28	38	0.03
Black, %	88	48	42	0.04
High school education, %	63	48	44	0.61
Currently married, %	25	35	50	0.16
Current smoker, %	50	35	47	0.51
Mean (SE) antihypertensive medications filled	2.0 (0.2)	2.1 (0.2)	2.2 (0.2)	0.55

SE - Standard Error