Table 1.

Sample characteristics.

Variables	All patients (n = 500)	Patients with recent prescription (n = 190)
Age, mean (SD)	48.9 (14.4)	48.0 (14.2)
Male, %	39.6	35.1
Race, %
Black	63.6	58.4
White	32.8	36.8
Other	3.6	4.8
Years of education, %
<High school	19.4	22.0
High school	33.2	31.3
Some college	20.4	20.9
College graduate	26.6	25.8
Literacy level, %
Inadequate (≤6th grade)	20.9	19.5
Marginal (7th–8th grade)	31.6	26.5
Adequate (≥9th grade)	47.5	54.0
Medications taken daily, mean (SD)	2.9 (3.1)	4.0 (3.6)
Number of prescribing physicians
0	11.4*	1.6**
1	65.6	67.0
2	16.3	20.5

^*56 patients reported having no prescription medications.

^**3 patients with recent prescription reported not having a regularly prescribing physician.