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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2014 Mar;52(3):194–201. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000069

Table 1.

Baseline Sample Characteristics by KP.org Refill Function Use

Mean (s.d.) or column % Total KP.org refill function user groups

Reference group Exposure groups

n=17,760 No use (n=9,055) Occasional use (n=5,418) Exclusive use (n=3,287) P-value

Age (s.d.) 62.7 (11.3) 64.6 (11.0) 60.1 (11.3) 61.9 (10.8) <0.001

Female 46 46 48 43 <0.001

Race <0.001
 African American 7 8 8 5
 Asian 10 10 10 11
 Caucasian 58 58 56 62
 Filipino 6 7 6 6
 Latino 9 9 10 8
 Mixed/other/unknown 9 9 10 9

Upper quartile of Charlson co-morbidity scale 28 30 25 26 <0.001

Use of other kp.org features
 Secure messaging 78 71 85 86 <0.001
 Appointments 54 37 70 72 <0.001
 Lab view 86 79 93 94 <0.001

Number of Chronically Used Medications 6.7 (3.1) 6.6 (3.1) 6.7 (3.1) 6.8 (3.0) 0.02

Number of Outpatient visits 11.4 (12.2) 11.5 (12.0) 11.5 (13.1) 10.9 (11.2) 0.08

Proportion Adherent to Statin Medications Pre-baseline (CMG < 20%) 78 81 74 78 <0.001

LDL<100 mg/dL 84 84 82 87 <0.001

DISTANCE respondents 12 12 12 13 0.08
DISTANCE subsample n=2178 No use (n=1,072) Occasional use (n=668) Exclusive use (n=438) P-value

Education (n=2,148)
 No degree 8 8 7 10 0.36
 High school 24 23 26 25
 Some college 25 25 26 23
 College graduate or more 43 45 41 42

Married (n=2,126) 76 73 80 78 0.003

Limited English proficiency (n=1,919) 3 4 3 4 0.78

Inadequate health literacy (n=1,633) 59 61 54 63 0.01

Note: Missing survey data among DISTANCE subsample: N for education=2,148; N for marital status=2,126; N for language=1,919; N for health literacy=1,633