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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Jun;55(6):561–568. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000718

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of White and Black women at the two PAADRN sites.

White (N=3484) Black (N=1041) P-Value
Site
 UAB, number (%) 2159 (62.0) 620 (44.3) <0.001
 KP, number (%) 1325 (38.0) 781 (55.7)
Socio-demographics
Age, mean (SD) 66.9 (8.11) 66.38 (7.84) 0.039
Education
 Some high school, number (%) 96 (2.8) 108 (7.8) <0.001
 Completed high school, number (%) 759 (21.9) 327 (23.5)
 Some college, number (%) 1157 (33.3) 579 (41.7)
 Completed college, number (%) 712 (20.5) 220 (15.8)
 Graduate school, number (%) 749 (21.6) 155 (11.2)
Comorbid Conditions
 COPD, number (%) 208 (6.0) 79 (5.7) 0.667
 Depression, number (%) 957 (27.5) 220 (15.7) <0.001
 Breast cancer, number (%) 613 (17.6) 144 (10.3) <0.001
Health Habits
 Current smoker, number (%) 216 (6.2) 119 (8.5) 0.004
 Past smoker, number (%) 1219 (35.0) 420 (30.0) 0.001
 Current alcohol user, number (%) 872 (49.2) 225 (31.4) <0.001
Self-reported Health Status
 Excellent, number (%) 535 (15.4) 83 (5.9) <0.001
 Very good, number (%) 1278 (36.7) 354 (25.3)
 Good, number (%) 1170 (33.6) 612 (43.7)
 Fair, number (%) 393 (11.3) 303 (21.7)
 Poor, number (%) 106 (3.0) 47 (3.4)
Bone Health
 Prior DXA, number (%) 2903 (83.3) 737 (52.6) <0.001
 History of osteoporosis, number (%) 898 (26.0) 220 (15.9)
 History of osteoporosis treatment, number (%) 1799 (51.6) 319 (22.8)
Health Literacy, mean (SD) 4.36 (0.81) 4.24 (0.93) <0.001
Health Numeracy, mean (SD) 4.71 (0.97) 4.12 (1.13) <0.001
Study DXA Results
 Normal, number (%) 727 (20.9) 626 (44.7) <0.001
 Low BMD, number (%) 2002 (57.5) 613 (43.8)
 Osteoporosis, number (%) 755 (21.7) 162 (11.6)
Fracture Risk
 Low, number (%) 1181 (33.9) 1310 (93.5) <0.001
 Medium, number (%) 1478 (42.4) 87 (6.2)
 High, number (%) 825 (23.7) 4 (0.3)
Provider Characteristics
 Physician, number (%) 3375 (96.9) 1359 (97) 0.811
 Women Provider, number (%) 1886 (54.1) 874 (62.4) <0.001
Provider Specialty
 Family Medicine, number (%) 512 (14.7) 347 (24.8) <0.001
 General Internal Medicine, number (%) 1783 (51.2) 745 (53.2)
 Rheumatology/Endocrinology, number (%) 419 (12.0) 74 (5.3)
 Other, number (%) 770 (22.1) 235 (16.8)
Intervention
 Intervention, number (%) 1771 (50.8) 716 (51.1) 0.862
 Usual Care, number (%) 1713 (49.2) 685 (48.9)
Outcomes
Correctly identified the results of their baseline DXA
 12 weeks, number (%) 2109 (68.2) 615 (55.2) <0.001
 52 weeks, number (%) 1802 (63.1) 477 (50.9) <0.001
On guideline concordant pharmacotherapy
 12 weeks, number (%) 1934 (62.5) 857 (76.9) <0.001
 52 weeks, number (%) 1778 (62.3) 713 (76.1) <0.001
Osteoporosis related satisfaction
 12 weeks, mean (SD) 20.91 (3.77) 20.38 (3.94) <0.001
 52 weeks, mean (SD) 21.21 (3.64) 20.45 (4.01) <0.001
Osteoporosis specific knowledge
 12 weeks, mean (SD) 8.17 (1.42) 7.10 (1.81) <0.001
 52 weeks, mean (SD) 8.11 (1.43) 7.09 (1.87) <0.001
Osteoporosis self-efficacy exercise
 12 weeks, mean (SD) 7.73 (2.2) 7.75 (2.21) 0.790
 52 weeks, mean (SD) 7.82 (2.19) 7.99 (2.04) 0.040
Osteoporosis self-efficacy diet
 12 weeks, mean (SD) 8.51 (1.69) 8.45 (1.87) 0.368
 52 weeks, mean (SD) 8.47 (1.76) 8.45 (1.88) 0.812
Patient activation
 12 weeks, mean (SD) 77.34 (17.15) 77.26 (18.48) 0.900
 52 weeks, mean (SD) 78.13 (17.28) 77.95 (18.25) 0.788