TABLE 1—
Participant Characteristics by Federally Qualified Health Center and CHW Contact: United States, 2012–2015
| FQHC1* |
FQHC2** |
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| Characteristic | No CHW (n = 6747), % or Mean ±SD | CHW (n = 2491), % or Mean ±SD | No CHW (n = 14 599), % or Mean ±SD | CHW (n = 8310), % or Mean ±SD |
| Age, y | 60.9 ±15.3 | 59.7 ±13.4 | 56.6 ±14.7 | 57.5 ±12.3 |
| Female gender | 55.9 | 61.4 | 51.6 | 61.4 |
| Insurance | ||||
| Private | 18.0 | 13.0 | 21.4 | 11.1 |
| Medicaid | 31.9 | 39.8 | 33.4 | 32.8 |
| Medicare | 38.3 | 36.1 | 35.7 | 24.2 |
| None | 11.8 | 11.1 | 9.5 | 31.8 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic White | 26.7 | 6.3 | 28.0 | 22.9 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 71.1 | 92.6 | 50.8 | 67.5 |
| Other | 2.2 | 1.1 | 21.3 | 9.6 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||
| Underweight (< 18.50) | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.7 | 14.1 |
| Normal weight (18.50–24.99) | 13.9 | 7.5 | 13.9 | 13.9 |
| Overweight (25.00–29.99) | 32.8 | 28.1 | 26.8 | 27.9 |
| Obese (30.00–39.99) | 43.0 | 49.6 | 35.3 | 35.8 |
| Morbidly obese (≥ 40.00) | 9.7 | 14.6 | 10.3 | 8.3 |
| Chronic disease | ||||
| CVD | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| At risk for CVD | 94.6 | 94.5 | 92.6 | 93.1 |
| Diabetes | 26.7 | 45.9 | 36.3 | 40.6 |
Note. BMI = body mass index; CHW = community health worker; CVD = cardiovascular disease; FQHC1 = federally qualified health center 1; FQHC2 = federally qualified health center 2. Mean ±SD is given for continuous variables and percentages are given for categorical variables. Presented is the summary after we applied diagnosis inclusion criteria and outlier criteria but before we performed matching.
*
All group-wise P < .001 except CVD (P = .73) and at risk for CVD (P = .93).
**
All group-wise P < .005 except at risk for CVD (P = .14).