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Published in final edited form as: J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2008 Dec 20;10(2):127–132. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.015

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Nursing Home Residents According to Ethnic and Racial Group

Variable	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic Black
Demographics
Age (mean ± SD)	84.33 ± 7.94	81.95 ± 8.36	81.70 ± 8.56
Female,^* %	78.04	64.92	71.3
Comorbid States
Dementia,^* %	40.35	37.01	40.84
Diabetes,^* %	17.14	36.31	32.48
Heart failure,^* %	17.27	14.98	15.84
Bedfast,^* %	6.76	7.78	10.87
COPD,^* %	12.77	10.31	10.55
Hip fracture,^* %	7.44	5.17	2.64
Cancer,^* %	4.79	3.30	4.72
Urinary incontinence,^* %	77.75	75.58	80.50
Fecal incontinence,^* %	65.23	65.08	71.93

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

P < .001 comparing a variable across the 3 ethnic/racial groups.