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. 2019 May 3;26(10):3250–3259. doi: 10.1245/s10434-019-07344-5

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic Overall
N = 508
Tape measurement
N = 245
BIS
N = 263
p value
Age, years (Median [IQR], N) 58.8 [50–67], 505 58.8 [50–66], 243 59.0 [50–68], 262 0.488
Years of education (Median [IQR], N) 16 [12–16], 506 16 [12–16], 244 16 [12–16], 262 0.899
N = 508 N = 245 N = 263
Race, n (%) 0.119
 Do not care to respond 6 (1.2) 0 (0.0) 6 (2.3)
 Multi-racial or otherb 37 (7.3) 15 (6.1) 22 (8.4)
 Asian 40 (7.9) 22 (9.0) 18 (6.8)
 Black or African American 36 (7.1) 17 (6.9) 19 (7.2)
 White 389 (76.6) 191 (78.0) 198 (75.3)
N = 507 N = 244 N = 263
Ethnicity, n (%) 0.914
 Do not care to respond 25 (4.9) 13 (5.3) 12 (4.6)
 Non-Hispanic or Latino 470 (92.7) 225 (92.2) 245 (93.2)
 Hispanic or Latino 12 (2.4) 6 (2.5) 6 (2.3)
N = 505 N = 244 N = 261
Marital status, n (%) 0.357
 Single 62 (12.3) 32 (13.1) 30 (11.5)
 Single, living with partner 16 (3.2) 7 (2.9) 9 (3.4)
 Married 367 (72.7) 182 (74.6) 185 (70.9)
 Widowed 33 (6.5) 12 (4.9) 21 (8.0)
 Separated 17 (3.4) 5 (2.0) 12 (4.6)
 Other 10 (2.0) 6 (2.5) 4 (1.5)
N = 505 N = 243 N = 262
Employment, n (%) 0.138
 Employed full-time 209 (41.4) 103 (42.4) 106 (40.5)
 Employed part-time 61 (12.1) 23 (9.5) 38 (14.5)
 Homemaker 43 (8.5) 25 (10.3) 18 (6.9)
 Retired 154 (30.5) 71 (29.2) 83 (31.7)
 Unemployed 7 (1.4) 6 (2.5) 1 (0.4)
 On disability benefit 6 (1.2) 4 (1.6) 2 (0.8)
 Other 25 (5.0) 11 (4.5) 14 (5.3)
N = 505 N = 244 N = 261
Residence, n (%) 0.529
 City/urban 120 (23.8) 53 (21.7) 67 (25.7)
 Country/rural/small town 119 (23.6) 61 (25.0) 58 (22.2)
 Suburb 266 (52.7) 130 (53.3) 136 (52.1)
N = 507 N = 245 N = 262
Any government insurance, n (%) 320 (63.1) 153 (62.4) 167 (63.7) 0.763
Any non-government insurance, n (%) 391 (77.1) 192 (78.4) 199 (76.0) 0.518
No insurance, n (%) 2 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 0.962
Ever smoked, n (%) 162 (32.0) 84 (34.3) 78 (29.8) 0.276
Ever drank alcohol, n (%) 361 (71.2) 174 (71.0) 187 (71.4) 0.930

BIS bioimpedance spectroscopy, IQR interquartile range

aAll participants indicated female sex

bIncluding American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander