Table 2.
Weighted Percentage* | |
Total Sample (n = 3,507) | Alive N = 2,866 |
Clinical group | |
Relatively healthy | 90.8 |
Self-management difficulty | 79.4 |
Uncertain benefit | 52.5 |
p Value | <.001 |
Age (years) | |
51–64 | 89.3 |
65–75 | 85.3 |
≥76 | 65.0 |
p Value | <.001 |
Gender | |
Male | 81.8 |
Female | 83.5 |
p Value | .4 |
Race | |
White | 82.0 |
African American | 83.4 |
Hispanic | 86.9 |
p Value | .08 |
Living arrangement | |
Married | 86.7 |
Unmarried living with other(s) | 78.3 |
Unmarried living alone | 75.5 |
p Value | <.001 |
Education (years) | |
<12 | 77.8 |
12 | 82.7 |
>12 | 86.8 |
p Value | <.001 |
Net Worth (dollars) | |
≤40,000 | 77.7 |
40,001–155,000 | 84.3 |
155,001–420,000 | 84.4 |
>420,000 | 88.9 |
p Value | <.001 |
Use of insulin | |
Yes | 71.1 |
No | 82.7 |
p Value | <.001 |
HbA1c (N = 1,136; mean ±SE) | 7.4 ± 0.07† |
p Value | 0.6 |
Note: Proportions are related to the rows and not the columns; the rows for each variable (not the columns) add to 100%. p Value from the χ2 test for the association between the indicated variable and 5-y mortality.
Weighted percentages were derived using Health and Retirement Study respondent population weights to adjust for differential probability of selection into the sample and differential nonresponse.
For comparison, the HbA1c (mean ± SE) for 314 subsample respondents who died was 7.3 ± 0.1.