Appendix Table 1.
Patient characteristics by race-ethnicity/insurance groups among patients diagnosed with obstructive pulmonary disease (asthma/COPD) diagnosis prior to 2009 (N, column %)
| Demographic | Non-Hispanic White Insured (n=983) |
Non-Hispanic White Uninsured (n=79) |
Latino Insured (n=69) |
Latino Uninsured (n=33) |
Overall p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||
| Female | 638 (64.9) | 43 (54.4) | 36 (52.2) | 24 (72.7) | |
| Male | 292 (29.7) | 34 (43) | 21 (30.4) | 5 (15.2) | |
| Female Pregnancy |
53 (5.4) | 2 (2.5) | 12 (17.4) | 4 (12.1) | |
| Age (in years) | at study initiation | <0.001 | |||
| 21–30 | 129 (13.1) | 11 (13.9) | 11 (15.9) | 7 (21.2) | |
| 31–40 | 191 (9.4) | 11 (13.9) | 21 (30.4) | 14 (42.4) | |
| 41–50 | 292 (29.7) | 32 (40.5) | 13 (18.8) | 7 (21.2) | |
| 51–60 | 247 (25.1) | 22 (27.9) | 13 (18.8) | 2(6.1) | |
| 61–64 | 60 (6.1) | 2 (2.5) | 3 (4.4) | 2(6.1) | |
| ≥65 | 64 (6.5) | 1(1.3) | 8 (11.6) | 1(3) | |
|
BMI <30 ≥30 |
571 (58.1) 412 (41.9) |
53 (67.1) 26 (32.9) |
40 (58) 29 (42) |
17 (51.5) 16 (48.5) |
0.37 |
Note: p-value comparing race-ethnicity/insurance groups estimated from chi-square test.