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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Mar 3;186:86–93. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.008

Table 1.

Demographic and healthcare characteristics of high-risk diabetes patients: EHR data.a

High-risk diabetes patients (Risk score within the top 10%) Overall (n = 263)
Mean Mean 95%CI
Age on 01/01/2012 54.6 53.2–56.1
Number of encounters during the study periodb 101.3 92.1–110.5
Proportion % 95%CI
Age group on 01/01/2012
 18–49 33.5 28.0–39.4
 50–64 49.0 43.0–55.1
 ≥65 17.5 13.3–22.6
Sex
 Male 46.0 40.0–52.1
 Female 54.0 47.9–60.0
Race/Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic African American 76.0 70.5–80.8
 Other/unknown 24.0 19.2–29.5
Employment
 Disabled 41.8 36.0–47.9
 Retired 23.6 18.8–29.1
 Other/unknownc 34.6 29.1–40.6
Marital status
 Never Married 38.8 33.0–44.8
 Married/cohabited 24.0 19.2–29.5
 Divorced/widowed/separated 36.9 31.2–42.9
 Unknown 0.4 0.1–2.7
Healthcare admission, yes
 ED admission, any 93.5 89.8–96.0
 Inpatient hospitalization, any 83.7 78.6–87.7
Medical diagnosis, yes
 Diabetic retinopathy 35.7 30.1–41.8
 Non-traumatic lower extremity amputation 17.5 13.3–22.6
 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 27.8 22.6–33.5
 Hypertensive diseased 97.0 94.0–98.5
 Ischemic heart disease 49.0 43.0–55.1
 Renal diseasee 74.1 68.5–79.1
a

Based on electronic health record (EHR) data collected between 01/01/2012 and 06/30/2016.

b

The number of encounters was the average number of all encounters per patient in each group, and encounter included ambulatory visits (outpatient visits, telemedicine, etc.), emergency department (ED), inpatient hospitalization, and other visits (e.g., procedure visit) between 01/01/2012 and 06/30/2016.

c

Includes those with full- or part-time jobs, the self-employed, the unemployed and those with an unknown employment status.

d

Hypertensive disease: essential and secondary hypertension, hypertensive heart disease, hypertensive chronic kidney disease, hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease.

e

Renal disease: nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, or nephrosis.

CI: Confidence interval.