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. 2016 Feb 21;51(5):1896–1918. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12461

Table 2.

Study Cohorts: Baseline Characteristics of People Included in the HealthImpact Training (Development), Internal Validation, and External Validation Cohorts

Training (N = 473,049) Internal Validation (N = 303,025) External Validation (N = 2,000,000)
Age, years, mean (SD) 45.76 (13.65) 44.21 (13.67) 44.12 (12.66)
Gender, male, N (%) 211,638 (44.74) 145,148 (47.90) 967,243 (48.36)
Enrollment, years, mean (SD)
Prior to diagnosis 5.56 (2.06) 5.51 (2.03) 3.65 (2.56)
Following diagnosis 1.84 (1.20) 1.83 (1.22) 2.11 (1.26)
Race/ethnicity, N (%)
High (>24%) minority 168,124 (35.54) 110,110 (36.34) 761,026 (38.05)
Medium (9–24%) minority 175,568 (37.11) 111,461 (36.78) 718,080 (35.90)
Low (<9%) minority 168,124 (35.54) 110,110 (36.34) 520,894 (26.04)
Comorbidities, N (%)
Ischemic heart disease 29,678 (6.27) 14,343 (4.73) 85,142 (4.26)
Cerebrovascular disease 16,189 (3.42) 7,967 (2.63) 43,496 (2.17)
Peripheral vascular disease 10,225 (2.16) 4,921 (1.62) 27,334 (1.37)
Hypertension 140,297 (29.66) 72,234 (23.84) 427,801 (21.39)
Hyperlipidemia 172,103 (36.38) 93,438 (30.84) 563,822 (28.19)
Obesity 34,036 (7.20) 18,238 (6.02) 92,694 (4.63)
Elevated blood glucose 16,441 (3.48) 7,883 (2.60) 28,572 (1.43)
Gestational diabetes 3,522 (0.74) 1,847 (0.61) 10,001 (0.50)
Polycystic ovarian syndrome 3,413 (0.72) 1,761 (0.58) 10,750 (0.54)
Medication number, mean (SD) 1.32 (1.83) 1.00 (1.62) 0.85 (1.49)
Clinical encounters per year, mean (SD)
Prior to diagnosis 4.88 (6.16) 3.97 (5.31) 3.72 (4.98)
Following diagnosis 10.26 (14.27) 8.58 (12.47) 9.50 (13.19)
Observation duration, months, median (IQR) 62.8 (47.6, 86.8) 62.8 (47.6, 86.8) 38.3 (21.1, 53.6)