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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016;27(3):1427–1440. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0133

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics by Race1

Variable All
(N=210)
Black
(N=151)
White
(N=59)
P-value
Gender <0.01
Male 86 (41.0) 48 (31.8) 38 (64.4)
Female 124 (59.0) 103 (68.2) 21 (35.6)
Age, mean ± SD (years) 71.3 ± 5.5 71.0 ± 5.5 71.9 ± 5.5 0.22
Age (years) 0.74
65–69 96 (45.7) 72 (47.7) 24 (40.7)
70–74 59 (28.1) 42 (27.8) 17 (28.8)
75–79 38 (18.1) 25 (16.6) 13 (22.0)
80+ 17 (8.1) 12 (7.9) 5 (8.5)
Education <0.01
< High School 48 (22.9) 42 (27.8) 6 (10.2)
High School/GED 69 (32.9) 57 (37.7) 12 (20.3)
> High School 93 (44.3) 52 (34.4) 41 (69.5)
Marital status <0.01
Married 72 (34.3) 40 (26.5) 32 (54.2)
Widowed 47 (22.4) 42 (27.8) 5 (8.5)
Separated 20 (9.5) 19 (12.6) 1 (1.7)
Divorced 42 (20.0) 30 (19.9) 12 (20.3)
Never Married 29 (13.8) 20 (13.2) 9 (15.3)
Total # co-morbidities 0.10
0 92 (43.8) 60 (39.7) 32 (54.2)
1 59 (28.1) 43 (28.5) 16 (27.1)
2+ 59 (28.1) 48 (31.8) 11 (18.6)
PHQ-9 Depression Severity 0.07
None 170 (81.0) 118 (78.1) 52 (88.1)
Mild 29 (13.8) 22 (14.6) 7 (11.9)
Moderate 11 (5.2) 11 (7.3) 0
Mean velocity walk time (m/s)2 1.1 ± 0.2 1.0 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.2 <0.01
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (TOFHLA score) <0.01
Low literacy (1–22) 89 (42.4) 82 (54.3) 7 (11.9)
High literacy (23–36) 121 (57.6) 69 (45.7) 52 (88.1)
Mean PAM score 62.5 ± 11.8 61.5 ± 11.8 64.8 ± 11.6 0.07
1

Proportions listed as (percentages) and means listed (± SD)

2

Mean ± standard deviation