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. 2014 Aug 5;2:106. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00106

Table 1.

Characteristics of survey respondents by Churcha.

Church A Church B Church C Church D Overall p-valueb
Total surveyed 421 305 792 461
Estimated usual church attendance N = 500 N = 800 N = 2000 N = 1000
Reported using kiosk 61 (19.1%) 80 (32.4%) 144 (23.0%) 135 (35.4%) <0.01
Age, mean (SD) 54.8 (14.9) 41.6 (14.7) 44.1 (13.4) 46.1 (14.4) <0.001c
African-American, n (%) 373 (88.6%) 258 (84.6%) 661 (83.5%) 416 (90.2%) 0.003
Male, n (%) 95 (26.2%) 68 (26.1%) 125 (18.1%) 118 (27.5%) <0.001
Family member with health condition, n (%) 140 (50.5%) 120 (55.6%) 289 (54.3%) 153 (46.9%) 0.120

US estimates age adjusted percentages
Health Conditions, n (%) All adults (%)d US African- Americans (%)e

Diabetes 8.7 13.1 81 (28.7%) 46 (23.6%) 98 (18.6%) 58 (17.4%) 0.002
Heart disease 11.5 11.2 38 (15.3%) 17 (9.9%) 42 (8.6%) 24 (7.7%) 0.013
High blood pressure 24.0 32.2 216 (65.7%) 108 (49.3%) 269 (45.9%) 156 (41.9%) <0.001
Obesity 27.2 37.6 110 (42.6%) 74 (39.8%) 196 (37.7%) 140 (40.9%) 0.570
HIV/AIDs or STDs <1 <1 20 (8.9%) 22 (13.9%) 61 (13.1%) 28 (9.3%) 0.165
Asthma 13.0f 13.8 53 (22.0%) 45 (25.4%) 98 (20.3%) 36 (11.5%) <0.001
Arthritis 22.1 23.1 138 (48.9%) 62 (32.8%) 151 (29.0%) 87 (26.0%) <0.001
Cancer 7.9g 4.4 30 (12.4%) 15 (9.3%) 40 (8.3%) 20 (6.5%) 0.106
Osteoporosish 18 7.0 15 (16.9%) 5 (20.0%) 13 (13.3%) 14 (11.3%) 0.623

aPercentages calculated from non-missing responses.

bAll p-values based on Chi-squared test unless otherwise noted.

cp-Value based on one-way ANOVA.

d18 years of age and older.

eIncludes persons selecting Black or African-American only.

fEver diagnosed.

gDenominator is women aged 50 years and up.