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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 26.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2019 Sep 3;45(5):529–543. doi: 10.1177/0145721719872553

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Characteristic All Program Participants (N = 3156) High Risk for T2D (n = 1493) Overweight/Obese Low T2D Risk (n = 858) Existing T2D (n = 755) P Valuea
Demographics
 Age, mean ± SD, y 53.47 ± 13.10 57.28 ± 11.15 43.39 ± 11.82 57.56 ± 11.80 <.0001
 Female, No. (%) 2452 (77.69) 1125 (75.35) 769 (89.63) 515 (68.20) <.0001
 Race/ethnicity, No. (%) <.0001
  Non-Hispanic black 140 (4.44) 70 (4.69) 24 (2.80) 43 (5.70)
  Non-Hispanic Asian 180 (5.70) 68 (4.55) 62 (7.23) 49 (6.49)
  Non-Hispanic white 2149 (68.09) 1077 (72.14) 541 (63.05) 494 (65.43)
  Hispanic 391 (12.39) 150 (10.05) 142 (16.55) 92 (12.19)
  Other 72 (2.28) 28 (1.88) 20 (2.33) 24 (3.18)
  Unknown 224 (7.10) 100 (6.70) 69 (8.04) 53 (7.02)
 Prefers English, No. (%) 3080 (97.59) 1464 (98.06) 828 (96.50) 739 (97.88) .1113
 Insurance payer, No. (%) <.0001
  Commercial FFS/PPO 1422 (45.06) 639 (42.80) 488 (56.88) 275 (36.42)
  Commercial HMO 560 (17.74) 279 (18.69) 159 (18.53) 110 (14.57)
  Medicare (FFS/HMO) 613 (19.42) 364 (24.38) 39 (4.55) 205 (27.15)
  Medicaid 57 (1.81) 17 (1.14) 26 (3.03) 13 (1.72)
  Other/self 88 (2.78) 38 (2.55) 35 (4.08) 12 (1.59)
  Unknown 416 (13.18) 156 (10.45) 111 (12.94) 140 (18.54)
 Median household income, No. (%) <.0001
  <$50 000 510 (16.16) 224 (15.00) 127 (14.80) 143 (18.94)
  ≥$50 000 to <$75 000 939 (29.75) 419 (28.06 257 (29.95) 250 (33.11)
  ≥$75 000 to <$100 000 770 (24.40) 364 (24.38) 218 (25.41) 177 (23.44)
  ≥$100 000 684 (21.67) 369 (24.72) 193 (22.49) 114 (15.10)
  Missing 253 (8.02) 117 (7.84) 63 (7.34) 71 (9.40)
Clinical characteristics
 Weight, mean ± SD, kg 101.33 ± 23.84 103.22 ± 24.33 94.40 ± 20.55 106.10 ± 24.23 <.0001
 BMI categories, No. (%) <.0001
  Healthy 49 (1.55) 28 (1.88) 0 (0) 3 (0.40)
  Overweight 456 (14.45) 157 (10.52) 219 (25.52) 77 (10.20)
  Obese 1810 (57.35) 870 (58.27) 502 (58.51) 418 (55.36)
  Severely obese 841 (26.65) 438 (29.34) 137 (15.97) 257 (34.04)
 Systolic BP, mean ± SD, mm Hg 126.81 ± 15.36 129.43 ± 14.98 119.92 ± 12.58 129.47 ± 16.59 <.0001
 Diastolic BP, mean ± SD, mm Hg 77.33 ± 9.33 78.39 ± 9.19 75.99 ± 8.84 76.97 ± 9.92 <.0001
 Smoking status, No. (%) <.0001
  Current 189 (5.99) 61 (4.09) 65 (7.58) 59 (7.81)
  Ever 831 (26.33) 432 (28.94) 143 (16.67) 242 (32.05)
  Never 2080 (65.91) 975 (65.30) 630 (73.43) 446 (59.07)
  Unknown 56 (1.77) 25 (1.67) 20 (2.33) 8 (1.06)
Comorbidities
 Metabolic syndrome, No. (%) 772 (24.46) 250 (16.74) 5 (0.58) 514 (68.08) <.0001
 Hypertension, No. (%) 1391 (44.07) 733 (49.10) 132 (15.38) 508 (67.28) <.0001
 Dyslipidemia, No. (%) 1380 (43.73) 653 (43.74) 151 (17.60) 552 (73.11) <.0001
 ASCVD, No. (%) 214 (6.78) 102 (6.83) 18 (2.10) 86 (11.39) <.0001
 Depression, No. (%) 661 (20.94) 304 (20.36) 187 (21.79) 157 (20.79) .6908
 CCI score <.0001
  0 1729 (54.78) 1009 (67.58) 677 (78.90) 28 (3.71)
  1–2 1240 (39.29) 447 (29.94) 176 (20.51) 589 (78.01)
  3–4 157 (4.97) 32 (2.14) 5 (0.58) 114 (15.10)
  5–6 25 (0.79) 1 (0.07) 0 (0) 23 (3.05)
  >6 5 (0.16) 4 (0.27) 0 (0) 1 (0.13)
Prescriptions
 Active Rx, mean ± SD, count 3.99 ± 3.63 3.61 ± 3.20 2.49 ± 2.66 6.38 ± 4.16 <.0001
 Weight loss drug, No. (%) 200 (6.34) 89 (5.96) 68 (7.93) 38 (5.03) .0630
 Any diabetes drug, No. (%) 559 (17.71) 21 (1.41) 9 (1.05) 502 (66.49) <.0001
  Weight loss diabetes drug, No. (%) 453 (14.35) 21 (1.41) 9 (1.05) 413 (54.70) <.0001
  Other diabetes drugs, No. (%) 280 (8.87) 0 (0) 0 (0) 259 (34.30) <.0001

Abbreviations: ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; FFS, fee for service; HMO, health maintenance organization; PPO, preferred provider organization; Rx, prescription; SD, standard deviation; T2D, type 2 diabetes.

a

P values are derived from analysis of variance for comparison of means or χ2 tests of independence for a comparison of proportions for participants across cardiometabolic risk groups.

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