Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of 5970 Primary Care Patients Diagnosed with Diabetes (2094, 36%) or Hypertension (5325, 89%)
| Overall | Diabetes control | Hypertension control | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | p value | No | Yes | p value | ||
| N = 5970 | N = 1024 | N = 1070 | N = 2214 | N = 3111 | |||
| Gender, n (%) | |||||||
| Female | 3988 (66.8) | 650 (63.5) | 742 (69.3) | 0.004 | 1475 (66.6) | 2107 (67.7) | 0.40 |
| Race, n (%) | |||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 5221 (87.8) | 954 (93.2) | 969 (90.6) | 0.03 | 2050 (92.6) | 2731 (87.8) | < 0.001 |
| Age in 2011, median (IQR) | 57.7 (48.5, 67.8) | 57.5 (49.2, 66.1) | 62.3 (54.0, 73.0) | < 0.001 | 57.2 (48.3, 67.6) | 59.1 (50.0, 68.8) | < 0.001 |
| Smoking, n (%) | |||||||
| Current | 1470 (24.6) | 219 (21.4) | 225 (21.0) | 0.67 | 621 (28.0) | 690 (22.2) | < 0.001 |
| Former | 1788 (30.0) | 327 (31.9) | 361 (33.7) | 579 (26.2) | 1036 (33.3) | ||
| Never | 2707 (45.4) | 478 (46.7) | 484 (45.2) | 1014 (45.8) | 1385 (44.5) | ||
| BMI in kg/m2, n (%) | |||||||
| Underweight (< 18.5) | 63 (1.1) | 6 (0.6) | 9 (0.8) | < 0.001 | 17 (0.8) | 43 (1.4) | < 0.001 |
| Normal weight (18.5–24.9) | 785 (13.4) | 78 (7.6) | 136 (12.7) | 287 (13.0) | 419 (13.5) | ||
| Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 1491 (25.5) | 210 (20.5) | 260 (24.3) | 507 (22.9) | 852 (27.4) | ||
| Obese (30.0+) | 3518 (60.1) | 730 (71.3) | 665 (62.1) | 1403 (63.4) | 1797 (57.8) | ||
| Insurance, n (%) | |||||||
| Medicaid | 1061 (17.8) | 182 (17.8) | 152 (14.2) | < 0.001 | 440 (19.9) | 483 (15.5) | < 0.001 |
| Medicare | 1901 (31.8) | 344 (33.6) | 453 (42.3) | 716 (32.3) | 1031 (33.1) | ||
| Private | 2790 (46.7) | 457 (44.6) | 446 (41.7) | 967 (43.7) | 1524 (49.0) | ||
| Uninsured | 151 (2.5) | 33 (3.2) | 9 (0.8) | 62 (2.8) | 47 (1.5) | ||
| Unknown | 67 (1.1) | 8 (0.8) | 10 (0.9) | 29 (1.3) | 26 (0.8) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||||
| Not married | 3959 (66.3) | 662 (64.6) | 698 (65.2) | 0.78 | 1492 (67.4) | 2027 (65.2) | 0.09 |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean ± SD | 1.3 ± 1.5 | 2.1 ± 1.6 | 2.2 ± 1.5 | 0.12 | 1.2 ± 1.5 | 1.3 ± 1.5 | 0.032 |
IQR interquartile range