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Published in final edited form as: Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011 Jun 12;9(4):250–258. doi: 10.1016/j.amjopharm.2011.05.002

Table 2.

Demographic and baseline characteristics of community-residing older adults (n = 200)

	White (n = 100)	Black (n = 100)	P-value
Age, mean (SD), y	78.3 (8.2)	75.5 (8.5)	0.02
Female, %	72	81	0.13
Education, highest level completed, %			<0.001
Elementary	8	24
Some high school	6	19
High school graduate	21	35
Some college or technical school	24	12
College graduate	18	6
Postgraduate	23	4
Living alone, %	64	49	0.03