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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2012 Mar 20;156(6):416–424. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-156-6-201203200-00004

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Arm 1
Control (n = 39)		 Arm 2
Mentors (n = 38)		 Arm 3
Incentives (n = 40)
Mean Age, (SD) 60 (4) 60 (5) 59 (5)
Male, % 92 100 90
Education ≤12 years, % 64 68 50
Married, % 46 58 38
On Insulin, % 72 71 63
Diabetes >10 years, % 67 55 52
Any Complication from Diabetes, % 92 82 98
Smoker Current, % 33 47 28
All Healthcare at VA, % 74 74 73
Good Self-Reported Adherence, % 67 79 80
Mean Baseline HbA1c, (SD) 9.9 (1.6) 9.8 (1.8) 9.5 (1.2)
Mean Days Between Tests, (SD) 185 (11) 195 (15) 185 (13)

SD = standard deviation, VA = Veterans Administration