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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Nov 7:10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3680. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2018.3680

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients Participating in PALM Registry Survey Risk Questions

Non-Responder Characteristics
N=858
P-value* Overall Responder Characteristics
N=2708
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(N=757)
Bar Graph
(N=1164)
Pictogram
(N=787)
Age, y (median, IQR) 69.0 (61.0–76.0) <.0001 67 (59.0–74.0) 67 (59.0–74.0) 67 (59.0–74.0) 67 (59.0–75.0)
Numeracy score (median, IQR) 15.0 (9.3–20.0) <.0001 17 (12.0–21.0) 16 (12.0–21.0) 17 (12.0–21.0) 16 (12.0–21.0)
Prior ASCVD 385 (44.9%) 0.5217 1249 (46.1%) 348 (46.0%) 548 (47.1%) 353 (44.9%)
Male sex 440 (51.3%) 0.0530 1491 (55.1%) 424 (56.0%) 651 (55.9%) 416 (52.9%)
Race <.0001
 White 694 (80.9%) 2366 (87.4%) 664 (87.7%) 1020 (87.6%) 682 (86.7%)
 Black 138 (16.1%) 280 (10.3%) 73 (9.6%) 120 (10.3%) 87 (11.1%)
 Other/unknown 26 (3.0%) 62 (2.3%) 20 (2.6%) 24 (2.1%) 18 (2.3%)
Education <.0001
 Below college 326 (38.0%) 922 (34.0%) 254 (33.6%) 379 (32.6%) 289 (36.7%)
 College or above 508 (59.2%) 1760 (65.0%) 493 (65.1%) 778 (66.8%) 489 (62.1%)
 Missing 24 (2.8%) 26 (1.0%) 10 (1.3%) 7 (0.6%) 9 (1.1%)
Income 0.0927
 <35,000 219 (25.5%) 620 (22.9%) 178 (23.5%) 260 (22.3%) 182 (23.1%)
 35,000–75,000 207 (24.1%) 607 (22.4%) 156 (20.6%) 268 (23.0%) 183 (23.3%)
 75,000–100,000 54 (6.3%) 229 (8.5%) 59 (7.8%) 108 (9.3%) 62 (7.9%)
 ≥100,000 107 (12.5%) 383 (14.1%) 111 (14.7%) 177 (15.2%) 95 (12.1%)
 Missing/refused/don’t know 271 (31.6%) 869 (32.1%) 253 (33.4%) 351 (30.2%) 265 (33.7%)
Insurance 0.0077
 Private 498 (58.0%) 1715 (63.3%) 478 (63.1%) 748 (64.3%) 489 (62.1%)
 Medicare 279 (32.5%) 758 (28.0%) 218 (28.8%) 318 (27.3%) 222 (28.2%)
 Medicaid 26 (3.0%) 92 (3.4%) 18 (2.4%) 37 (3.2%) 37 (4.7%)
 No insurance 14 (1.6%) 56 (2.1%) 16 (2.1%) 25 (2.1%) 15 (1.9%)
 Others 21 (2.4%) 57 (2.1%) 16 (2.1%) 29 (2.5%) 12 (1.5%)
 Missing 20 (2.3%) 30 (1.1%) 11 (1.5%) 7 (0.6%) 12 (1.5%)
Clinic type 0.0047
 Cardiology 263 (30.7%) 996 (36.8%) 276 (36.5%) 462 (39.7%) 258 (32.8%)
 Primary care 376 (43.8%) 1075 (39.7%) 300 (39.6%) 445 (38.2%) 330 (41.9%)
 Other 219 (25.5%) 637 (23.5%) 181 (23.9%) 257 (22.1%) 199 (25.3%)
Aspirin use 412 (48.0%) 0.0443 1407 (52.0%) 382 (50.5%) 631 (54.2%) 394 (50.1%)
Statin use 600 (69.9%) 0.0242 2000 (73.9%) 543 (71.7%) 887 (76.2%) 570 (72.4%)
BP medication use 670 (78.1%) 0.3293 2071 (76.5%) 585 (77.3%) 893 (76.7%) 593 (75.3%)
*

P-value comparing responders to nonresponders

Data are n (%) except where indicated.

ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; BP, blood pressure; PALM, Patient and Provider Assessment of Lipid Management.