Table 3.
Persons Eligible for Primary Prevention* by Characteristic and Aspirin Recommendation
| Clinician recommended aspirin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variable | No | Yes | p value |
| % (n = 713) |
% (n = 409) |
||
| Age at screening | 0.0026 | ||
| 45–54 | 74 | 26 | |
| 55–64 | 67 | 33 | |
| 65–79 | 48 | 52 | |
| Sex | NS | ||
| Male | 66 | 34 | |
| Female | 58 | 42 | |
| Race | NS | ||
| Non-White | 67 | 33 | |
| White | 64 | 36 | |
| Citizenship status | 0.0032 | ||
| No | 81 | 19 | |
| Yes | 64 | 36 | |
| Language of interview | 0.0839 | ||
| English | 65 | 35 | |
| Spanish | 73 | 27 | |
| Education | NS | ||
| < High school education | 62 | 38 | |
| High school degree | 64 | 36 | |
| > High school education | 67 | 33 | |
| Health Insurance Status | 0.0001 | ||
| No | 84 | 16 | |
| Yes | 61 | 39 | |
| General health condition | NS | ||
| Excellent | 67 | 33 | |
| Very good | 69 | 31 | |
| Good | 65 | 35 | |
| Fair | 59 | 41 | |
| Poor | 56 | 44 | |
| Routine place to go for healthcare | 0.0001 | ||
| No | 84 | 16 | |
| Yes | 62 | 38 | |
| Primary source for healthcare | NS | ||
| Clinic or health center | 60 | 40 | |
| Doctor’s office or HMO | 62 | 38 | |
| Hospital emergency room | 79 | 21 | |
| Hospital outpatient department | 66 | 34 | |
| Some other place | 59 | 41 | |
| Received healthcare in past year | < 0.0001 | ||
| No | 89 | 11 | |
| Yes | 60 | 40 | |
| Diabetes | < 0.0001 | ||
| No | 70 | 30 | |
| Yes | 37 | 63 | |
*Row percentages reported weighted to the non-institutionalized U.S. population
**Aspirin eligibility determined based on the 2009 USPTF recommendations for primary prevention of CVD NS = not significant (p ≥ 0.1)