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. 2011 Sep 2;11:684. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-684

Table 2.

Distributrion of Pooled Sample Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity among Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes, 1992-2006

Unwgtd. N White Black Hispanic
Education at baseline

 Less than high school (%) 1907 76.48 87.58 92.57

 High school/GED (%) 357 14.18 7.67 4.00

 Some college or more (%) 229 9.34 4.74 3.43

Mean household income per year (in $100 s) 10342 344.41 171.59 143.32

Mean household assets (in $1000 s) 10342 28.41 6.07 6.79

Mean BMI 10207 27.32 28.17 27.63

Health insurance at baseline

 No private health insurance (%) 1317 47.11 33.25 18.13

 Private health insurance (%) 957 52.89 66.75 81.88

Sex

 Male (%) 1114 47.47 36.57 40.57

 Female (ref) (%) 1380 52.53 63.43 59.43

Comorbidities at baseline (in addition to diabetes)

 0 (%) 115 4.38 4.06 5.71

 1 (%) 310 11.88 11.51 16.00

 2 (%) 639 24.83 28.67 26.29

 3 (%) 722 28.64 30.70 29.14

 4 (%) 473 19.94 16.93 16.57

 5 or more (%) 10.34 8.13 6.29

Working Status at baseline

 Not working (%) 2382 90.65 68.52 51.03

 Working (ref) (%) 104 9.35 31.48 51.03

Mean age 10340 77.58 78.12 77.41

Indicates variables that vary across waves. Variables measured at baseline have a maximum of 2494 observations. Variables that vary across waves have pooled respondent samples, with a maximum of 19061 observations from 1992-2006.

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