Table 1.
Demographics of all study participants
| Total study population (N = 477) X (SD) |
Black participants (N = 368) X (SD) |
White participants (N = 109) X (SD) |
P * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (range 15–96 years) | 49.9 (17.2) | 47.9 (16.8) | 56.7 (16.8) | <0.0001 |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Male | 324 (67.9) | 244 (66.3) | 80 (73.4) | 0.164 |
| Current homelessness | 32 (6.7) | 25 (6.8) | 7 (6.4) | 0.892 |
| Completed high school | 298 (62.5) | 212 (57.6) | 86 (78.9) | <0.0001 |
| Prior TB diagnosis | 28 (5.9) | 21 (5.7) | 7 (6.4) | 0.780 |
| Excessive alcohol use | 63 (13.2) | 45 (12.2) | 18 (16.5) | 0.246 |
| Drug use | 62 (13.0) | 47 (12.8) | 15 (13.8) | 0.787 |
| Unemployed | 366 (76.7) | 295 (80.2) | 71 (65.1) | 0.001 |
| Uninsured | 223 (46.8) | 178 (48.4) | 45 (41.3) | 0.193 |
| Ever incarcerated | 235 (49.3) | 193 (52.4) | 42 (38.5) | 0.011 |
| History of a chronic illness | 304 (63.7) | 227 (61.7) | 77 (70.6) | 0.088 |
| History of HIV/AIDS | 81 (17.0) | 74 (20.1) | 7 (6.4) | 0.001 |
SD standard deviation
*
P value for the comparison of each variable by race