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. 2011 Apr;46(2):457–478. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01210.x

Table 1.

Socio-Demographic Features of the Guided Care PAM Cohort, by PAM Stage and Overall

PAM Stage

N PAM Score,Mean (SD) I II III IV Overall
Age, mean years (SD) 855 79.3 (6.8) 77.4 (6.4) 76.8 (6.1) 76.0 (6.0) 77.3 (6.4)
BMI, mean kg/m2 (SD) 836 26.9 (6.5) 28.4 (6.0) 29.0 (6.7) 27.9 (6.1) 28.3 (6.4)
Underweight (<18.5) 52.7 (14.0) 7.8% 2.2% 2.9% 2.9% 3.6%
Normal weight (18.5–24.9) 56.3 (12.6) 34.4% 25.2% 29.6% 30.1% 29.3%
Preobese (25.0–29.9) 57.0 (13.8) 33.7% 38.5% 30.9% 40.2% 35.2%
Obese (≥30.0) 56.6 (12.1) 24.2% 34.1% 36.7% 26.8% 31.9%
Gender 855
Male 56.8 (13.1) 47.9% 44.7% 43.1% 51.2% 45.7%
Female 56.1 (12.7) 52.1% 55.3% 56.9% 48.8% 54.3%
Education
Some high school 852 55.2 (12.7) 28.2% 28.5% 26.8% 19.4% 26.3%
High school graduate/GED 54.2 (11.0) 31.4% 28.4% 30.8% 17.0% 28.0%
Some college/2-year degree 56.7 (12.1) 20.8% 23.0% 23.8% 23.3% 22.9%
4-year degree 61.0 (14.4) 5.5% 7.4% 6.2% 13.4% 7.6%
>4-year degree 60.2 (15.3) 14.1% 12.7% 12.4% 26.9% 15.2%
Marital status
Married 854 57.2 (13.6) 46.6% 47.6% 44.7% 56.3% 47.8%
Divorced 56.5 (12.7) 11.2% 6.6% 11.6% 7.1% 9.4%
Separated 58.7 (11.7) 0.6% 2.5% 2.0% 2.8% 2.0%
Widowed 55.5 (12.0) 35.5% 39.2% 38.9% 28.8% 36.7%
Never married 54.4 (12.9) 6.1% 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 4.2%
Could have used more support with activity
A lot 851 57.6 (13.4) 65.6% 71.7% 74.6% 87.0% 74.1%
Some 53.7 (11.0) 25.7% 23.7% 21.6% 12.3% 21.4%
No, none 50.8 (10.0) 8.7% 4.6% 3.8% 0.7% 4.5%
Ethnicity
Hispanic 853 54.9 (10.1) 1.8% 1.2% 2.3% 1.4% 1.8%
Non-Hispanic 56.5 (13.0) 98.2% 98.8% 97.7% 98.6% 98.2%
Race
American Indian/Alaska Native 696 57.7 (9.3) 0.6% 0% 1.0% 0% 0.5%
Asian 67.2 (21.9) 1.2% 0.8% 0.7% 3.5% 1.3%
Native Hawaiian/API 58.3 (12.5) 0.6% 0% 0.7% 0.7% 0.5%
Black/African American 56.3 (13.3) 45.6% 44.5% 48.8% 44.8% 46.3%
White 56.4 (12.2) 50.1% 53.9% 47.0% 49.5% 49.9%
Other/Multiracial 55.2 (12.3) 1.8% 0.8% 2.0% 1.4% 1.5%
Household income
<U.S.$10,000 855 56.9 (12.9) 9.2% 13.1% 12.3% 9.6% 11.5%
U.S.$10,000–U.S.$19,999 57.0 (13.2) 17.3% 19.5% 21.6% 16.8% 19.4%
U.S.$20,000–U.S.$30,000 53.7 (9.1) 22.3% 21.0% 20.0% 8.0% 18.5%
>U.S.$30,000 58.4 (13.8) 51.2% 46.5% 46.1% 65.6% 50.6%
Activities of Daily Living (ADL), mean (SD) 855 1.04 (1.43) 0.61 (1.06) 0.44 (0.98) 0.26 (0.71) 0.57 (1.10)
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), mean (SD) 855 1.68 (1.76) 1.08 (1.28) 0.84 (1.22) 0.51 (0.96) 1.01 (1.37)

API, Asian Pacific Islander; BMI, body mass index.