Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of participants in study
| Variable | Total sample (n=107) |
Did not come to clinic (n=90) |
Came to clinic (n=17) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age — yr | 69.3±12.6 | 69.1±14.3 | 63.0±12.5 | 0.03 |
| Education | 0.02 | |||
| High school or less | 52 (50%) | 47 (53%) | 6 (35%) | |
| Some college | 16 (16%) | 30 (34%) | 4 (24%) | |
| College degree or more | 34 (33%) | 11 (13%) | 7 (41%) | |
| Self-reported race | 0.66 | |||
| White | 56 (53%) | 49 (54%) | 7 (44%) | |
| Black | 41 (39%) | 34 (38%) | 7 (44%) | |
| Other | 9 (8%) | 8 (9%) | 3 (12%) | |
| Occupation | 0.02 | |||
| Professional | 18 (16%) | 10 (11%) | 8 (47%) | |
| Clerical or service | 18 (16%) | 16 (17%) | 2 (12%) | |
| Homemaker, student, or unemployed | 8 (7%) | 7 (8%) | 1 (6%) | |
| Other or unknown | 10 (7%) | 9 (10%) | 1 (6%) | |
| Retired | 56 (51%) | 51 (55%) | 5 (30%) |
*
examining differences between those that came to clinic versus did-not using rank-sum and Fishers exact test. Values are means ±SD or percentage (%). May not sum to 100% due to rounding error and non-item response.