Table 1.
Patient characteristics at baseline
| Variable | N = 713 |
|---|---|
| Age, yr | |
| 18–35 | 35 (4.9) |
| 36–50 | 71 (10.0) |
| 51–70 | 259 (36.3) |
| >70 | 348 (48.8) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 310 (43.5) |
| Male | 403 (56.5) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 38 (5.3) |
| Black or African American | 174 (24.4) |
| Other or multiracial | 67 (9.4) |
| White | 434 (60.9) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 64 (9.0) |
| Non-Hispanic | 649 (91.0) |
| Hypertension | |
| Yes | 662 (92.8) |
| No | 51 (7.2) |
| Diabetic | |
| Yes | 364 (51.1) |
| No | 349 (48.9) |
| Heart failure | |
| Yes | 181 (25.4) |
| No | 532 (74.6) |
| Smoker | |
| Yes | 41 (5.8) |
| No | 666 (93.4) |
| Not specified | 6 (0.8) |
| Insurance group | |
| Medicaid | 65 (9.1) |
| Medicare | 443 (62.1) |
| Private | 131 (18.4) |
| No insurance | 74 (10.4) |
| Number of medication discrepancies | |
| 0–5 | 646 (90.6) |
| 6–10 | 56 (7.9) |
| >10 | 11 (1.5) |
| Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min per 1.73 m2) | |
| 0–10 | 79 (11.1) |
| 11–20 | 339 (47.5) |
| >20–30 | 295 (41.4) |
Values are n (%).