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. 2013 Sep-Oct;67(5):574–582. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2013.008136

Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Driver Characteristics, Medications, Comorbidities, Clinical, and On-Road Tests (N = 198)

Driver Characteristics Mean (SD) or Frequency (%) Sample Size
Age 73.86 (6.05)
Gender
 Female 119 (60.1)
 Male 79 (39.9)
Race
 White 178 (89.9)
 Other 18 (9.1)
 Missing 2 (1.0)
Education
 ≤High school 39 (19.7)
 Vocational training after high school 50 (25.3)
 ≥College 107 (54.0)
 Missing 2 (1)
No. medications 7.22 (4.55) 194
No. crashes (12 mo) 18 (25.3) 118
No. crashes (3 yr) 12 (15.4) 78
Driving days per week
 0–3 35 (17.7)
 4–5 52 (26.3)
 6–7 103 (52.0)
 Missing 8 (4.0)
Avoidance
 Rush hour or heavy traffic 73 (37.6) 194
 Interstate or highway driving 24 (12.5) 192
 Rain 25 (13.0) 193
 Night 20 (22.5) 89
 Left-hand turns 27 (13.9) 194
 Other driving situations 19 (9.8) 194
Visual acuity: Both
 Vision 20/20–20/40 164 (82.8)
 Vision 20/50–20/200 18 (9.1)
 Missing 16 (8.1)
Visual acuity: Right
 Vision 20/20–20/40 170 (85.9)
 Vision 20/50–20/200 22 (11.1)
 Missing 6 (3.0)
Visual acuity: Left
 Vision 20/20–20/40 174 (87.9)
 Vision 20/50–20/200 18 (9.1)
 Missing 6 (3.0)
UFOV subset
 UFOV 1 (ms) 32.60 (42.62)
 UFOV 2 (ms) 123.89 (112.01)
 UFOV 3 (ms) 269.88 (118.91) 196
UFOV risk index
 Very low 89 (44.9)
 Low 50 (25.3)
 Low to moderate 31 (15.7)
 Moderate to high 20 (10.1)
 High to very high 6 (3.0)
 Missing 2 (1.0)
Trails B 117.52 (85.91)
MMSE total 27.92 (5.58)
Road test pass 165 (83.3)

Note. For the data collected from 2004 to 2006, we collected crash frequency in the past 12 mo, whereas the data collected from 2010 to 2011 show crash frequency over a period of 3 yr. Other racial categories included African American, American Indian or First Nations, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. SD = standard deviation; UFOV = Useful Field of View; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; Trails B = Trail Making Test Part N.