Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Population, Overall and by Presence of Diabetes and Geriatric Conditions
| Weighted Percentage* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entire 2004 Wave | Diabetes, ≥1 Geriatric Conditions | Diabetes, No Geriatric Conditions | No Diabetes, ≥1 Geriatric Conditions | No Diabetes, No Geriatric Conditions | ||
| n = 18,908, representing 82.0 million | n = 1,611, representing 5.9 million | n = 1,895, representing 7.7 million | n = 4,973, representing 20.0 million | n = 10,429, representing 49.0 million | ||
| Overall Prevalence | 7.2 | 9.4 | 23.8 | 59.6 | ||
| Age (years) | 51-60 | 42.4 | 25.8 | 41.6 | 27.5 | 50.5 |
| 61-70 | 26.8 | 29.2 | 31.2 | 23.5 | 27.2 | |
| 71-80 | 19.7 | 27.5 | 20.7 | 25.8 | 16.1 | |
| >80 | 11.1 | 17.5 | 6.5 | 23.2 | 6.3 | |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Gender | Female | 54.4 | 58.3 | 46.0 | 64.0 | 51.4 |
| P value | <0.001 | 0.005 | <0.001 | |||
| Race | Caucasian | 83.9 | 74.3 | 76.4 | 83.8 | 86.2 |
| African-American | 9.3 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 8.9 | 7.8 | |
| Hispanic | 6.9 | 10.5 | 8.8 | 7.3 | 5.9 | |
| P value | 0.32 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Marital Status | Unmarried | 34.5 | 44.5 | 32.1 | 46.4 | 28.9 |
| P value | <0.001 | 0.24 | <0.001 | |||
| Education (years) | <12 | 20.7 | 39.9 | 22.9 | 29.2 | 14.6 |
| 12 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 34.0 | 35.1 | 32.1 | |
| >12 | 46.3 | 27.9 | 43.2 | 35.7 | 53.3 | |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Net Worth (dollars) | ≤40,000 | 22.9 | 41.6 | 26.4 | 31.7 | 16.6 |
| 40,001–155,000 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 28.1 | 24.3 | 22.7 | |
| 155,001–420,000 | 25.7 | 17.6 | 26.1 | 22.7 | 27.8 | |
| >420,000 | 27.5 | 13.6 | 19.4 | 21.3 | 32.9 | |
| P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Living Situation | With others | 77.0 | 71.7 | 81.1 | 67.6 | 80.6 |
| Alone | 21.0 | 22.4 | 18.4 | 27.0 | 19.2 | |
| Nursing Facility | 1.9 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.3 | |
| P value | <0.001 | 0.008 | <0.001 | |||
*Weighted percentages were derived using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) respondent population weights to adjust for differential probability of selection into the sample and differential non-response.
Proportions are related to the columns and not the rows; the columns for each variable (not the rows) add to 100%. For example, of those respondents having diabetes and ≥ 1 geriatric conditions, 74.3% are Caucasian, 15.3% are African-American, and 10.5% are Hispanic
P value from the χ2 test for the association between the indicated variable and having diabetes/≥1 geriatric conditions. (Respondents in the diabetes/≥1 geriatric conditions subgroup are compared to respondents in each of the other three subgroups for the indicated variable)
Population estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000
A small number of respondents (n = 429) answered the race/ethnicity question as “other;” these respondents were grouped with Caucasians in the analyses