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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2016 Sep 14;52(1):100–105. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.07.013

Table 2.

Study Population

Characteristics Intervention Control p-value
N (%) N (%)
N 1,699 2,004
Median age, years 55 56 0.18
Sex
  Female 1,338 (78.8) 1,415 (70.6) <0.0001
Race/ethnicity
  White 1,418 (83.5) 1,675 (83.6) 0.78
  Black 79 (4.7) 82 (4.1)
  Latino 91 (5.4) 105 (5.2)
  Other/unknown 111 (6.5) 142 (7.1)
Married 1,101 (64.8) 1,456 (72.7) <0.0001
Insurance
  Private 1,231 (72.5) 1,435 (71.6) 0.7995
  Medicare 358 (21.1) 430 (21.5)
  Medicaid/uninsured 110 (6.4) 139 (6.9)
BMI category
  Normal/underweight 751 (44.3) 725 (36.3) <0.0001
  Overweight 541 (31.9) 729 (36.5)
  Obese 404 (23.8) 545 (27.3)
Smoking status
  Current 56 (3.3) 90 (4.5) <0.0001
  Former 356 (21.0) 557 (27.8)
  Never 1,287 (75.8) 1,357 (67.7)
Prior personal history of
  Diabetes
145 (8.5) 173 (8.6) 0.9153
  Coronary heart disease 129 (7.6) 189 (9.4) 0.0466
  Colorectal cancer 21 (1.2) 25 (1.3) 0.9749
  Breast cancer (women only) 107 (8.0) 118 (8.3) 0.7432
Charlson score
  0 1,514 (89.1) 1,828 (91.2) 0.0285
  1 118 (7.0) 98 (4.9)
  2+ 67 (3.9) 78 (3.9)
High risk for developing
  Diabetes 232 (13.7) 357 (17.8) 0.0022
  Coronary heart disease 117 (6.9) 167 (8.3) 0.0258
  Colorectal cancer 225 (13.2) 332 (16.6) 0.0179
  Breast cancer (women only) 251 (18.8) 246 (17.4) 0.6322
Pre-visit self-perceived risk inaccurate
  Coronary heart disease 804 (51.2) 777 (42.8) <0.0001
  Diabetes 1,017 (65.4) 1,112 (60.7) 0.0047
  Colorectal cancer 865 (51.3) 928 (46.9) 0.005
  Breast cancer (women only) 675 (54.8) 648 (50.0) 0.0142

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).