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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 Nov 25;68(3):569–575. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16255

Table 2.

Study Sample Characteristics

Variables Participants (N=303)
Age, mean (SD) 62.6 (5.4)
Male, n (%) 82 (27.1)
Race, n (%)
 White 188 (62.5)
 African American/Black 91 (30.2)
 Other 122 (7.3)
Literacy Level, n (%)
 Limited/ Marginal 116 (38.3)
 Adequate 187 (61.7)
Educational attainment, n (%)
 Grade 12 or GED (HS graduate) 48 (15.8)
 1–3 years College/Technical Degree 54 (17.8)
 College 4 years (College graduate) 70 (23.1)
 Graduate degree 131 (43.2)
Meaningful Decline in Cognitive Function, n (%)
 Yes 13 (4.3)
 No 290 (95.7)
# of Chronic Conditions, mean (SD) 2.3 (1.6)