Table 1.
Patient Characteristics by Number of Chronic Disease Conditions
| Characteristics | No Conditions n (%) |
One Condition n (%) |
Two Conditions n (%) |
≥ Three Conditions n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N (Row%) | 503 (15%) | 646 (19%) | 786 (23%) | 1498 (44%) | |
| Community N (Col%) | |||||
| A | 121 (24%) | 182 (28%) | 302 (38%) | 624 (42%) | <0.001 |
| B | 382 (76%) | 464 (72%) | 484 (62%) | 874 (58%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 268 (53%) | 346 (54%) | 419 (53%) | 837 (56%) | 0.55 |
| Male | 235 (47%) | 300 (46%) | 367 (47%) | 661 (44%) | |
| Age Category | |||||
| 50–59 | 291 (58%) | 287 (44%) | 303 (39%) | 465 (31%) | <0.001 |
| 60–64 | 94 (19%) | 150 (23%) | 159 (20%) | 321 (21%) | |
| 65–75 | 85 (17%) | 138 (21%) | 201 (26%) | 382 (26%) | |
| 75+ | 33 (7%) | 71 (11%) | 123 (16%) | 330 (22%) | |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Hispanic | 42 (8%) | 92 (14%) | 109 (14%) | 180 (12%) | 0.02 |
| Non-Hispanic | 154 (31%) | 199 (31%) | 224 (29%) | 491 (33%) | |
| Unspecified | 307 (61%) | 355 (55%) | 453 (58%) | 827 (55%) | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 228 (45%) | 332 (51%) | 444 (56%) | 1016 (68%) | <0.001 |
| Other | 14 (3%) | 21 (3%) | 25 (3%) | 40 (3%) | |
| Unspecified | 261 (52%) | 293 (45%) | 317 (40%) | 442 (30%) | |
| Marital Status | |||||
| Partnered | 336 (67%) | 423 (65%) | 490 (62%) | 890 (59%) | <0.001 |
| Not partnered | 99 (20%) | 150 (23%) | 223 (28%) | 510 (34%) | |
| Unknown | 68 (14%) | 73 (11%) | 73 (9%) | 98 (7%) | |
| Occupation | |||||
| Employed | 288 (57%) | 343 (53%) | 342 (44%) | 456 (30%) | <0.001 |
| Unemployed/ disabled | 21 (4%) | 48 (7%) | 75 (10%) | 256 (17%) | |
| Retired | 104 (21%) | 144 (22%) | 237 (30%) | 566 (38%) | |
| Unknown | 90 (18%) | 111 (17%) | 132 (17%) | 220 (15%) | |
| Insurance | |||||
| Private | 317 (63%) | 363 (56%) | 404 (51%) | 756 (50%) | <0.001 |
| Medicare or Medicare/Private |
33 (7%) | 93 (14%) | 136 (17%) | 311 (21%) | |
| Medicaid or Medicaid/Medicare |
15 (3%) | 19 (3%) | 34 (4%) | 122 (8%) | |
| Uninsured | 34 (7%) | 48 (7%) | 81 (10%) | 120 (8%) | |
| Unknown | 104 (21%) | 123 (19%) | 131 (17%) | 189 (13%) | |
| Body Mass Index | |||||
| <25 | 151 (30%) | 133 (21%) | 126 (16%) | 215 (14%) | <0.001 |
| 25 to 29 | 138 (27%) | 176 (27%) | 211 (27%) | 348 (23%) | |
| ≥30 | 65 (13%) | 165 (26%) | 237 (30%) | 522 (35%) | |
| Unknown | 149 (30%) | 172 (27%) | 212 (27%) | 413 (28%) | |
| Smoking History | |||||
| Non-smoker | 350 (70%) | 407 (63%) | 451 (57%) | 689 (46%) | <0.001 |
| Former smoker | 82 (16%) | 143 (22%) | 187 (24%) | 454 (30%) | |
| Current smoker | 20 (4%) | 50 (8%) | 105 (13%) | 305 (20%) | |
| Unknown | 51 (10%) | 46 (7%) | 43 (5%) | 50 (3%) | |
| Alcohol Use | |||||
| Non-user | 170 (34%) | 256 (40%) | 331 (42%) | 697 (47%) | <0.001 |
| Former user | 20 (4%) | 32 (5%) | 58 (7%) | 136 (9%) | |
| Current user | 245 (49%) | 293 (45%) | 329 (42%) | 570 (38%) | |
| Unknown | 68 (14%) | 65 (10%) | 68 (9%) | 95 (6%) | |
| Length of Contact with Clinic | |||||
| Mean (st. dv) in years | 10.4 (10.1) | 11.7 (11.0) | 12.7 (11.1) | 14.3 (10.9) | 0.13 |
| Health Care Visit Count (Past 5 Yrs) | |||||
| Mean (st. dv) | 5.2 (4.9) | 8.4 (7.0) | 12.5 (13.7) | 24.0 (24.3) | <0.001 |
| Chronic Diseases | |||||
| Arthritis/MS/Joint Disease No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
76 (12%) 570 (88%) |
207 (26%) 579 (74%) |
884 (59%) 614 (41%) |
<0.001 |
| Asthma/COPD/ Chronic Respiratory No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
22 (3%) 624 (97%) |
58 (7%) 728 (93%) |
353 (24%) 1145 (76%) |
<0.001 |
| Cardiovascular Disease No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
49 (8%) 597 (92%) |
118 (15%) 668 (85%) |
598 (40%) 900 (60%) |
<0.001 |
| Chronic Digestive Disorders No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
67 (10%) 579 (90%) |
153 (19%) 633 (81%) |
596 (40%) 902 (60%) |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 or 2 No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
44 (7%) 602 (93%) |
116 (15%) 670 (85%) |
436 (29%) 1062 (71%) |
<0.001 |
| Depression/Anxiety No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
81 (13%) 565 (87%) |
162 (21%) 624 (79%) |
673 (45%) 825 (55%) |
<0.001 |
| Hypertension No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
173 (27%) 473 (73%) |
413 (53%) 373 (47%) |
1068 (71%) 430 (29%) |
<0.001 |
| Low Back Pain No Disease |
0 (0%) 503 (100%) |
58 (9%) 588 (91%) |
129 (16%) 657 (84%) |
626 (42%) 872 (58%) |
<0.001 |
| Up-to-Date status | |||||
| Colorectal Ca: Males Not up-to-date |
77 (33%) 158 (67%) |
103 (34%) 197 (66%) |
146 (40%) 221 (60%) |
271 (41%) 390 (59%) |
0.06 |
| Colorectal Ca: Females Not up-to-date |
96 (36%) 172 (64%) |
128 (37%) 218 (63%) |
132 (32%) 287 (69%) |
331 (40%) 506 (60%) |
0.05 |
| Breast Cancer Not up-to-date |
125 (47%) 142 (53%) |
176 (51%) 170 (49%) |
199 (48%) 217 (52%) |
420 (51%) 410 (49%) |
0.60 |
| Cervical Cancer Not up-to-date |
87 (53%) 76 (47%) |
90 (54%) 76 (46%) |
77 (50%) 78 (50%) |
130 (51%) 126 (49%) |
0.82 |