Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of the study sample

	Low Needs	Moderate Needs	High Needs	Refusal
Number of patients	40	39	125	76
Sex [N (%)]
Male	16 (40%)	15 (38.5%)	57 (45.6%)	28 (36.8%)
Female	24 (60%)	24 (61.5%)	68 (54.4%)	48 (63.2%)
Race [N (%)]
Caucasian	31 (77.5%)	23 (59.0%)	68 (54.4%)	48 (63.2%)
African American	8 (20%)	12 (30.8%)	42 (33.6%)	25 (32.9%)
Other	1 (2.5%)	4 (10.2%)	15 (12.0%)	3 (3.9%)
Age [Median (Range)]	63.5 (19 – 95)*	77 (22 – 93)	77 (22 – 97)*	76 (29 – 93)*
Number of Medical Comorbidities [Median (Range)]	4 (1 – 8)	4 (0 – 9)	4 (1– 9)	5 (2– 8)

Note. *p<.05