Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the two samples.
| Special Health Care Needs | Disabilities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolescents (14–17 years) N = 415 |
Young Adults (18–20 years) N = 459 |
Adolescents (14–17 years) N =188 |
Young Adults (18–24 years) N =453 |
|
| Age (mean, (SD)) | 15.63 (1.20) | 18.93 (.75) | 15.6 (1.26) | 21.43 (2.21) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 214 (51.6%) | 194 (42.3%) | 112 (59.6%) | 291 (64.2%) |
| Female | 200 (48.2%) | 265 (57.7%) | 75 (39.9%) | 161 (35.5%) |
| Missing | 1 (0.2%) | 0 | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.2%) |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 138 (33.3%) | 196 (42.7%) | 13 (6.9%) | 40 (8.8%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 277 (66.7%) | 263 (57.3%) | 153 (81.4%) | 366 (80.8%) |
| Not provided | 0 | 0 | 22 (11.7%) | 47 (10.4%) |
| Race | ||||
| White | 216 (52.0%) | 228 (49.7%) | 150 (79.8%) | 366 (80.8%) |
| Black or African Am | 93 (22.4%) | 89 (19.4%) | 20 (10.6%) | 44 (9.7%) |
| Asian | 34 (8.2%) | 40 (8.7%) | 5 (2.7%) | 9 (2.0%) |
| Other | 51 (12.3%) | 63 (13.7%) | 11 (5.8%) | 20 (4.4%) |
| Multiple Races | 14 (3.4%) | 19 (4.1%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (0.8%) |
| Missing | 7 (1.7%) | 20 (4.4%) | 0 | 8 (1.7%) |
| Health Condition | ||||
| Hypertension | 81 (19.5%) | 118 (25.7%) | --- | --- |
| ADHD | 138 (33.3%) | 108 (23.5%) | --- | --- |
| Mental health | 104 (25.1%) | 95 (20.7%) | --- | --- |
| Kidney disease | 17 (4.1%) | 15 (3.3%) | --- | --- |
| Chronic pain | 88 (21.2%) | 103 (22.4%) | --- | --- |
| Asthma | 93 (22.4%) | 104 (22.7%) | --- | --- |
| Thyroid disease | 14 (3.4%) | 18 (3.9%) | --- | --- |
| Overweight | 67 (16.1%) | 85 (18.5%) | --- | --- |
| Rheumatic disease | 12 (2.9%) | 13 (2.8%) | --- | --- |
| Born prematurely | 18 (4.3%) | 20 (4.4%) | --- | --- |
| Blind | 7 (1.7%) | 6 (1.3%) | --- | --- |
| Deaf | 10 (2.4%) | 8 (1.7%) | --- | --- |
| Needs walking assist. | 7 (1.7%) | 8 (1.7%) | --- | --- |
| Cancer | 8 (1.9%) | 18 (3.9%) | --- | --- |
| Diabetes | 37 (8.9%) | 52 (11.3%) | --- | --- |
| Sickle cell disease | 7 (1.7%) | 8 (1.7%) | --- | --- |
| Intestinal disease | 19 (4.6%) | 17 (3.7%) | --- | --- |
| Heart disease | 11 (2.7%) | 6 (1.3%) | --- | --- |
| Epilepsy | 15 (3.6%) | 17 (3.7%) | --- | --- |
| Allergies | 98 (23.6%) | 81 (17.6%) | --- | --- |
| Cerebral palsy | 6 (1.4%) | 4 (0.9%) | 99 (52.7%) | 98 (21.6%) |
| Spinal cord injury | --- | --- | 53 (28.2%) | 189 (41.7%) |
| Traumatic brain injury | --- | --- | 36 (19.1%) | 166 (36.6%) |