TABLE 1—

Baseline Characteristics of the Study Participants, by Randomization Group: Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) Study, NY, December 2000–October 2002

Characteristic	Telemedicine Case Management (n = 844), Mean (SD) or %	Usual Care (n = 821), Mean (SD) or %
Age at randomization, y	70.8 (6.5)	70.9 (6.8)
Female	63.5	62.1
Race/ethnicity
African American (non-Hispanic)	15.3	14.5
Hispanic	35.8	34.6
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2	50.6
Other	0.7	0.2
Marital status
Married or living with significant other	41.4	40.9
Single, never married	13.0	10.1
Separated or divorced	16.4	18.1
Widowed	29.1	30.7
Data missing	0.1	0.1
Lives alone	38.1	37.1
Family income, $/y	14 942 (13 660)	15 173 (18 553)
Education, y	9.7 (4.1)	9.9 (4.1)
Eligible for Medicaid	39.0	39.2
Duration of diabetes, y	11.2 (9.6)	11.0 (9.2)
Participant “knows how to use a computer”
Yes	18.8	21.2
No	79.9	78.1
Data missing	1.3	0.7

Note. The sample size was n = 1665.