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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2010 Jan;48(1):31–37. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181bd4783

Table 3.

Predicted probability of persistent lapses in care for significant correlates, according to service.

Proportion Missing Each Service

Overall Predicted Margin* Eye exams Foot Exams A1c Tests Lipid tests Proteinuria tests
Demographic characteristics

Age group (years):
 18–44 10.1 13.4 7.3 4.5 13.3 12.4
 45 – 54 8.7 10.7 7.3 4.8 11.3 9.5
 55 – 64 7.5 9.0 6.0 4.0 10.3 8.5
 65 – 74 7.7 6.5 6.3 3.9 11.7 9.7
 ≥ 75 8.7 7.2 8.8 4.0 13.1 10.5

BMI (kg/m2):
 < 25 9.0 8.7 8.1 4.3 11.3 12.7
 25 to 29.9 8.9 9.8 7.0 4.6 12.6 10.9
 30 to 34.9 8.0 8.6 7.2 4.0 11.1 9.2
 ≥ 35 7.5 8.8 5.6 4.1 11.0 7.4

Smoker:
 No 8.1 8.7 6.6 4.0 11.5 9.3
 Yes 9.2 10.0 8.0 5.3 11.8 11.5

Income
 < 15k/year 9.1 11.0 7.0 5.5 12.5 9.9
 15 to 44k/year 8.3 9.4 7.0 4.2 11.0 9.6
 45 to 74k/year 7.8 7.7 6.8 3.8 10.9 9.8
 > 75k/year 7.5 6.7 6.5 3.4 11.6 9.5

Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic ------- 7.2 6.0 3.5 10.7 9.0
 Black non-Hispanic ------- 7.7 5.0 5.9 15.3 10.2
 White non-Hispanic ------- 11.1 7.8 4.4 10.6 8.3
 Asian/Pacific Islander ------- 7.5 6.4 2.9 8.6 10.8
 Other ------- 10.0 8.7 3.9 12.6 9.9

Employment status:
 Employed 9.1 9.9 7.8 5.1 12.5 10.3
 Not employed 8.3 8.3 5.4 4.5 12.3 9.7
 Retired 7.3 8.1 6.0 3.1 10.2 8.8

Duration of diabetes (yrs):
 < 5 9.0 10.3 7.8 3.9 11.9 10.7
 5 – 9 8.2 9.3 6.5 4.3 11.6 9.4
 10–14 8.4 9.2 7.5 4.0 11.8 9.7
 ≥ 15 7.3 6.6 5.2 5.0 10.9 8.6

Medications:
 None (%) ------- 9.8 10.1 7.1 10.6 10.8
 Oral meds only (%) ------- 9.3 6.8 4.3 11.1 10.0
 Insulin only (%) ------- 8.4 5.2 4.4 14.3 8.7
 Insulin + oral meds (%) ------- 7.5 6.0 2.1 10.8 8.0

Daily SBGM
 No 8.6 9.7 7.5 4.2 12.1 9.8
 Yes 7.8 8.1 5.9 4.3 8.7 9.0

Charlson index:
 0–1 9.5 10.4 8.0 4.5 12.2 12.6
 2 7.8 8.5 6.7 4.2 11.0 8.5
 ≥ 3 7.2 7.8 5.4 3.9 11.3 7.1
*

Overall predicted margin refers to the adjusted probability (or predicted probability) of a any single lapse in care, averaged over the 5 preventive care services.