Table 1.
Comparison of baseline demographic and clinical characteristics between the intervention and usual care group.
| Characteristic | Intervention N = 1093 |
Usual Care N = 1076 |
|---|---|---|
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| Age at randomization, years | 70.6 (6.6) | 70.4 (6.8) |
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| Women, (%) | 676 (61.8) | 648 (60.2) |
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| Race/Ethnicity, (%) | ||
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| African-American (non-Hispanic) | 147 (13.4) | 136 (12.6) |
| Hispanic | 379 (34.7) | 365 (33.9) |
| White (non-Hispanic) | 558 (51.1) | 568 (52.8) |
| Other | 9 (0.8) | 7 (0.7) |
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| Upstate New York | 610 (55.8) | 610 (56.7) |
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| Education | ||
| Elementary | 574 (52.6) | 565 (52.6) |
| High school | 329 (30.2) | 306 (28.5) |
| College | 168 (15.4) | 186 (17.3) |
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| Duration of diabetes, years | 10.9 (9.4) | 10.7 (9.0) |
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| Body mass index | 32.4 (7.0) | 32.2 (7.0) |
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| Systolic blood pressure | 142.5 (23.6) | 141.4 (23.2) |
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| HbA1c | 7.4 (1.5) | 7.4 (1.6) |
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| LDL | 103.9 (35.1) | 104.2 (36.4) |
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| Microalbumin creatinine ratio | 1.5 (0.6) | 1.5 (0.6) |
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| Duration of follow-up (years) | 3.5(1.4) | 3.6 (1.4) |
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| CARE score | 0.92 (1.25) | 0.91 (1.24) |