Table 1.

Sample Personal Characteristics by Participant Ethnicity, Older Adults in East Central North Carolina

Personal Characteristics	Total Sample (n=563)		African American (n=190)		American Indian (n=168)		White (n=205)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender b
Male	215	38.2	81	42.6	48	28.6	86	42.0
Female	348	61.8	109	57.4	120	71.4	119	58.0
Age b
60 to 69 years	290	51.5	86	45.3	98	58.3	106	51.7
70 to 79 years	212	37.7	87	45.8	59	35.1	66	32.2
80 years or older	61	10.8	17	9.0	11	6.6	33	16.1
Education c
Less than high school	205	36.5	72	38.1	75	44.6	58	28.3
High school	189	33.6	63	33.3	54	32.1	72	35.1
More than high school	168	29.9	54	28.6	39	23.2	75	36.6
Economic Status
Below poverty	169	30.5	66	35.9	51	30.5	52	25.6
Above poverty	385	69.5	118	64.1	116	69.5	151	74.4
Always lived in South a
Yes	386	68.9	111	59.0	137	82.0	138	67.3
No	174	31.1	77	41.0	30	18.0	67	32.7
Diabetes Duration
Less than 10 years	211	39.2	66	36.5	78	40.6	67	40.4
10 or more years	328	60.9	115	63.5	114	59.4	99	59.6
Number of Chronic Conditions	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
	1.8	1.3	1.6	1.3	1.8	1.3	1.9	1.4

Comparison by Ethnic Group

^ap < .001;

^bp < 0.01;

^cp < 0.05