Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Participants
| N = 20 | |
|---|---|
| Age, years, mean (sd)) | 57.6 (12.6) |
| Female, N (%) | 12 (60.0) |
| Race/Ethnicity, N (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic white | 13 (65.0) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 4 (20.0) |
| Hispanic | 3 (15.0) |
| Education, N (%) | |
| < HS Diploma | 1 (5.0) |
| HS diploma | 4 (20.0) |
| > HS diploma | 15 (75.0) |
| Income as Percent of Federal Poverty, mean (sd)) | 147 (54) |
| Insurance, N (%) | |
| Private | 3 (15.0) |
| Medicaid | 5 (25.0) |
| Dual | 12 (60.0) |
| Born outside US, N (%) | 8 (40.0) |
| Duration of Diabetes, years, mean (sd)) | 12.9 (9.6) |
| Hypoglycemia in last 3 moa, N (%) | 8 (40.0) |
| Reports cost related medication underuseb, N (%) | 5 (25.0) |
| Reports making food and diabetes medication/supplies tradeoffsc, N (%) | 6 (30.0) |
| SNAP participation in last 12 mod, N (%) | 14 (70.0) |
| Self-reported health status ‘excellent or very good’e, N (%) | 12 (60.0) |
| Baseline Hemoglobin A1c, %, mean (sd)) | 8.0 (1.6) |
| Baseline Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd)) | 109.6 (42.9) |
| Baseline Total Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd)) | 186.3 (46.8) |
| Baseline High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd)) | 45.3 (12.4) |
| Baseline Triglycerides, mg/dL, mean (sd)) | 157.4 (84.1) |
| Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg, mean (sd)) | 134.4 (23.6) |
| Baseline Diastolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg, mean (sd)) | 80.3 (10.3) |
| Baseline Body Mass Index, kg/m2, mean (sd)) | 34.7 (6.2) |
aIndicates self-report of symptomatic hypoglycemia, with or without requiring assistance from others; bindicates self-report of not taking medications as prescribed, taking less medication, or not filling medications owing to cost; cindicates self-report of putting off buying food in order to buy diabetes medications or supplies, or vice versa; dSNAP = supplemental nutrition assistance program; eresponse options are ‘excellent’, ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘fair’, or ‘poor’