Table 1.
Participant demographic and clinical characteristics stratified by patient portal use.
| Demographics | Patient portal use |
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Nonusers (n=13) |
Users (n=62) |
Full sample (N=75) |
P valuea | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 58.8 (10.9) | 56.5 (8.4) | 56.9 (8.8) | .52 | |
| Gender, n (%) |
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.20 | |
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Male | 2 (15.4) | 23 (37.1) | 25 (33.3) |
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Female | 11 (84.6) | 39 (62.9) | 50 (66.7) |
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| Race, n (%) |
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<.001 | |
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Caucasian/white | 1 (7.7) | 46 (74.2) | 47 (62.7) |
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African American/black | 11 (84.6) | 14 (22.6) | 25 (33.3) |
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| Educationb (years), mean (SD) | 13.2 (1.8) | 15.2 (2.3) | 15.0 (2.4) | .05 | |
| Incomeb (US $), n (%) |
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.005 | |
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≤39,999 | 6 (85.7) | 12 (23.5) | 18 (31.6) |
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40,000-59,999 | 0 (0.0) | 15 (29.4) | 15 (26.3) |
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≥60,000 | 1 (14.3) | 24 (47.1) | 24 (42.1) |
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| Insurance statusb, n (%) |
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<.001 | |
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Private | 1 (14.3) | 47 (87.0) | 48 (78.7) |
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Public | 5 (71.4) | 6 (11.1) | 11 (18.0) |
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None | 1 (14.3) | 1 (1.9) | 2 (3.3) |
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| Number of diabetes medications, mean (SD) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.3 (0.8) | 1.3 (0.8) | .84 | |
| Type of diabetes medications, n (%) |
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.56 | |
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Oral agents only | 11 (84.6) | 40 (64.5) | 51 (69.9) |
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Insulin only | 1 (7.7) | 8 (12.9) | 9 (12.3) |
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Both | 1 (7.7) | 12 (3.3) | 13 (17.8) |
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| Diabetes durationb (years), mean (SD) | 7.8 (7.5) | 8.0 (6.0) | 8.0 (6.1) | .72 | |
| Body mass indexb, mean (SD) | 39.2 (12.7) | 34.4 (10.2) | 35.0 (10.5) | .35 | |
| A1C (%), mean (SD) | 7.1 (1.6) | 7.2 (1.6) | 7.3 (1.6) | .71 | |
aWe conducted Fisher exact tests for categorical variables and Mann–Whitney U tests for continuous variables.
bVariable collected by survey (n=61).