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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 14.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2012 Apr 3;156(7):483–490. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-00004

Appendix Table 6.

Participant Characteristics at Baseline at Ohio BMV Site 6

Characteristic Intervention Group (n = 47) Control Group (n = 49) P Value
Mean age (SD), y 23 (10) 26 (14) 0.101
Male, n (%) 21 (45) 22 (45) 0.98
Race/ethnicity, n (%) 0.61
 Non-Hispanic white 13 (27) 16 (34)
 Non-Hispanic black 28 (60) 30 (62)
 Hispanic 1 (2) 0
 Other 5 (11) 3 (4)
Mean influence of religion in participants’ lives (SD)* 6.6 (2.9) 6.6 (3.2) 0.95
License type, n (%) 0.78
 First-time license 11 (23) 16 (33)
 Learner’s permit 16 (34) 15 (31)
 License renewal 13 (28) 11 (22)
 Other 7 (15) 7 (14)
Mean self-reported health status (SD) 88 (12) 88 (15) 0.89
Donated blood within past year, n (%) 8 (17) 9 (19) 0.83
Asked to donate organs by BMV staff, n (%) 38 (81) 32 (65) 0.09

BMV = Bureau of Motor Vehicles.

*

Measured on a scale of 1 to 10 in which 1 indicates no influence and 10 indicates very strong influence.

Measured on a scale of 0 to 100 in which 0 indicates worst health and 100 indicates best health.