Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics for black and white patients by race consciousness
| Characteristic | Black patients | White patients | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever (n = 82) | Never (n = 84) | P value | Ever (n = 21) | Never (n = 79) | P value | |
| Age, years | 59.4 (10.9) | 61.0 (12.7) | 0.39 | 60.4 (9.3) | 63.9 (12.4) | 0.23 |
| Sex, female | 49 (60) | 63 (75) | 0.047 | 12 (57) | 50 (63) | 0.62 |
| Marital status, married | 26 (32) | 17 (20) | 0.11 | 11 (52) | 40 (51) | 1.0 |
| Education | ||||||
| <High school graduate | 28 (35) | 30 (36) | 1.0 | 4 (19) | 21 (27) | 0.58 |
| Years | 11.9 (2.5) | 11.6 (2.4) | 0.50 | 12.6 (2.6) | 11.9 (2.1) | 0.18 |
| REALM, <9th grade | 38 (48) | 34 (41) | 0.53 | 3 (14) | 18 (23) | 0.55 |
| Income | ||||||
| <$10,000 | 32 (41) | 36 (46) | 0.63 | 2 (10) | 22 (30) | 0.09 |
| <$35,000 | 56 (72) | 64 (81) | 0.19 | 11 (52) | 49 (66) | 0.31 |
| Employed | 0.53 | 0.08 | ||||
| Full time | 20 (25) | 12 (15) | 5 (24) | 12 (15) | ||
| Part time | 4 (5) | 6 (8) | 1 (5) | 4 (5) | ||
| Retired | 23 (28) | 30 (38) | 3 (14) | 36 (46) | ||
| Disabled | 19 (23) | 21 (26) | 6 (29) | 10 (13) | ||
| Healthcare insurance | 75 (93) | 75 (89) | 0.59 | 21 (100) | 69 (87) | 0.12 |
| Medicaid | 25 (31) | 36 (43) | 0.06 | 5 (24) | 12 (15) | 0.48 |
| Medicare | 27 (34) | 38 (46) | 0.17 | 6 (29) | 31 (39) | 0.45 |
| Other | 40 (49) | 36 (44) | 0.53 | 11 (55) | 51 (65) | 0.45 |
| Prescription plan | 77 (96) | 78 (93) | 0.50 | 20 (95) | 72 (91) | 1.00 |
| MOS-SF-12 physical component | 41.8 (11.4) | 39.3 (13.5) | 0.20 | 36.8 (13.3) | 40.2 (11.3) | 0.25 |
| MOS-SF-12 mental component | 50.9 (10.8) | 52.7 (9.7) | 0.28 | 47.1 (12.7) | 49.8 (10.6) | 0.33 |
| Felt stress in the last month at least sometimes | 47 (59) | 40 (49) | 0.21 | 17 (85) | 44 (56) | 0.02 |
| Diabetic | 43 (54) | 44 (53) | 1.0 | 9 (43) | 20 (25) | 0.17 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 32.4 (7.1) | 33.9 (8.8) | 0.25 | 31.7 (7.4) | 32.7 (8.1) | 0.61 |
| Race concordant clinician | 32 (39) | 29 (35) | 0.63 | 15 (71) | 45 (57) | 0.32 |
Results are mean (SD) or number (%). P values are from Fisher exact test or two-sample t-test.
Abbreviations: REALM, rapid estimate of adult literacy in medicine; MOS-SF-12, Medical Outcomes Study 12-item short form.