Table 1.

Baseline Subject Characteristics

	Total (n = 209)	Cancer (n = 69)	CHF N(n = 70)	COPD (n = 70)
Mean age years (SD)	66.1 (12.3)	64.5 (13.2)	65.4 (13.4)	68.3 (9.9)
Age range years	29–90	35–89	45–90	29–87
Gender n (%)
Male	123 (59 %)	36 (52 %)	51 (73 %)	36 (51 %)
Ethnicity n ( %)
African American	72 (34 %)	15 (22 %)	40 (57 %)	17 (24 %)
White	127 (61 %)	51 (74 %)	28 (40 %)	48 (69 %)
Other	10 (5 %)	3 (4 %)	2 (3 %)	5 (7 %)
Marital status n (% )
Married	104 (50 %)	41 (59 %)	32 (46 %)	31 (44 %)
Education n ( %)
Less than high school	43 (21 %)	10 (14 %)	16 (23 %)	17 (24 %)