Table 1.
Caucasian | African- American |
Hispanic | |
---|---|---|---|
(n = 432) | (n = 114) | (n = 76) | |
Mean age | 45.6 | 42.4 | 37.2 |
Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 46.5 | 49.3 | 47.2 |
Sex | |||
Male (%) | 27 | 13 | 25 |
Female (%) | 73 | 87 | 75 |
Education | |||
High school or less (%) | 23 | 29 | 46 |
Some college or 2-year degree (%) |
35 | 50 | 32 |
4-year college diploma or more (%) |
43 | 21 | 22 |
Incomea | |||
≤$20,000 (%) | 12 | 32 | 39 |
$20,001–$60,000 (%) | 27 | 47 | 38 |
$60,001–$100,000 (%) | 27 | 16 | 15 |
>$100,000 (%) | 34 | 6 | 8 |
Insurance | |||
Private (%) | 79 | 49 | 50 |
Medicaid (%) | 8 | 33 | 39 |
Medicare (%) | 9 | 16 | 8 |
Other (%) | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Co-morbidities | |||
Diabetes (%) | 31 | 37 | 30 |
Hypertension (%) | 55 | 60 | 45 |
CAD/heart disease/stroke/ PVD (%) |
9 | 11 | 3 |
Asthma (%) | 22 | 26 | 36 |
Obstructive sleep apnea (%) |
50 | 39 | 42 |
GERD (%) | 50 | 35 | 36 |
Depression (%) | 55 | 41 | 62 |
Anxiety (%) | 41 | 29 | 41 |
Arthritis (%) | 30 | 27 | 22 |
Chronic back pain (%) | 41 | 54 | 53 |
Anemia (%) | 10 | 32 | 16 |
Results delineated in bold indicate statistically significant differences across the variable by specified race/ethnicity group compared to Caucasian at p < 0.05. We used t tests to compare differences in means for continuous variables and Wald χ2 tests for differences in proportions between Caucasian and AA and between Caucasian and Hispanic patients
There were 22 patients who did not report an income on the survey, and were not included in the percentages for income