Table 1.

Baseline Patient Characteristics

Patient Characteristics	Peer Education Intervention Group (N=301)	Wait List Control Group (N=299)	P Value
Demographic
Age, mean (SD), y	63 ± 11	64 (11)	0.59
Female, %	60	59	0.82
Race or ethnicity, %			0.39
Black	40	43
Latino	42	37
White	13	14
Other	4	6
Annual income ≤ $15,000, %	56	58	0.62
Less than high school education, %	31	30	0.98
Insurance			0.97
Medicaid, %	29	30
Medicare, %	39	40
Commercial, %	26	24
Uninsured %	6	6
Clinical
Years since last stroke or TIA, mean (SD)	1.8 (1.4)	1.8 (1.5)	0.79
Systolic BP, mean (SD), mm Hg	131 (22)	132 (22)	0.59
Diastolic BP, mean (SD), mm Hg	78 (12)	78 (12)	0.46
Use antihypertensive medication, %	78	83	0.11
LDL cholesterol, mean (SD)	97 (38)	97 (35)	0.80
Use of anti-lipid medication, %	65	63	0.63
Charlson Co-morbidity Index, mean ± SD	3.7 (2.1)	3.6 (2.1)	0.44
Modified Rankin Score 3 or 4, %	48	46	0.59
Depressed (PHQ score ≥10), %	31	28	0.39
Nonadherent to medications, %	42	38	0.41

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; TIA, transient ischemic attack; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire-8 item version