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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Trials. 2017 Mar 19;14(3):286–298. doi: 10.1177/1740774517690146

Table 2.

Baseline Specialty Clinic Characteristics Pooled Across Parent Trials and Specialty Clinics

Baseline Specialty Clinic
Characteristics
Intervention
Specialty Clinics
(N = 26)
n (%)
Control
Specialty Clinics
(N = 24)
n (%)
P-
value++
Specialty clinic geographic location+
  Northeast 6 (23.1) 7 (29.2) 0.17
  Southeast 8 (30.8) 7 (29.2)
  Midwest and Northwest 4 (15.3) 5 (20.8)
  Southwest and West 8 (30.8) 5 (20.8)
Percent minorities enrolled in previous
trials+
  0% 6 (23.1) 7 (29.2) 0.94
  1% –< 10% 1 (3.8) -
  10% –< 20% 6 (23.1) 3 (12.5)
  20% or more 9 (34.6) 11 (45.8)
Specialty clinic not in a previous trial or 4 (15.4) 3 (12.5)
data not available
Percent minorities within 30 miles of
specialty clinic+,*
  17% - < 20% 1 (3.9) 1 (4.2) 0.31
  20% –< 40% 14 (53.8) 13 (54.1)
  40% –< 60% 7 (26.9) 9 (37.5)
  60% or more 4 (15.4) 1 (4.2)
Foreign born population percentage
within 30 miles of specialty clinic*
  0% –< 10% 7 (26.9) 6 (25.0) 0.85
  10% –< 20% 9 (34.6) 11 (45.8)
  20% –< 30% 6 (23.1) 2 (8.2)
  30% or more 4 (15.4) 5 (20.8)
Non-English speaking population
percentage within 30 miles of specialty
clinic*,**
  0% –< 10% 7 (26.9) 8 (33.3) 0.22
  10% –< 20% 7 (26.9) 7 (29.2)
  20% –< 30% 5 (19.2) 3 (12.5)
  30% or more 7 (26.9) 6 (25.0)
Number of specialty clinic patients
seen per week for any trial,+++
    Mean (SD) 78.9 (16.0) 41.2 (6.3) 0.07
    Median 46 32.5
+

Baseline matching criteria used in randomization.

Information obtained from Investigator Demographics Form.

++

P-values were adjusted for stratification by trial except for comparison of means.

+++

P-value was adjusted for clustering and stratification by trial.

*

Information from US Census.

**

Non-English speaking population (speak a language other than English at home).