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. 2020 Sep 24;30(4):671–680. doi: 10.18865/ed.30.4.671

Table 1. Characteristics of unique patients, based on first encounter during 2016-2018.

Characteristic AI (n=3464) NHWa (n=3626)
Age in years, median (IQR) 64 (59-71) 68 (61-75)
Female, n (%) 2032 (58.7) 2192 (60.5)
Hispanic, n (%) 152 (4.4) 0 (0.0)
Language, n (%)        
English 3337 (96.3) 3614 (99.7)
Other 119 (3.4) 12 (0.3)
Unknown 8 (0.2) 0 (0.0)
Married/life partner, n (%) 1360 (39.3) 2273 (62.7)
Zipcode, n (%)        
Urban 2370 (68.4) 3220 (88.8)
Rural 1092 (31.5) 400 (11.0)
Unknown 2 (0.1) 6 (0.2)
BMI in kg/m2, mean±SD b 30.6 ± 8.5 29.9 ± 7.7

1. NHW were selected at random and matched by age and sex to AI sample at EHR data extraction

2. BMI data are missing for 32.6% of patients. BMI mean (95%CI) including the imputed data are 30.3 (29.5-31.1) and 29.2 (28.5-29.8) for AI and NHW, respectively.