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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2020 Oct;58(10):903–911. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001362

Table 2.

Descriptive Characteristics by Transgender Identity Status (N=26,895)

TF (N = 3,959) TM (N = 8,694) Unclassified (N = 14,242) p-value
Age
 18–29 972 (24.5%) 1,102 (12.7%) 4,810 (33.8%)
 30–39 974 (24.6%) 1,276 (14.7%) 3,411 (23.9%) <0.0001
 40–49 818 (20.7%) 1,996 (22.9%) 1,848 (12.9%)
 50–64 834 (21.1%) 3,453 (39.7%) 2,349 (16.5%)
 65+ 361 (9.1%) 867 (9.9%) 1,824 (12.8%)
Race/Ethnicity
 White 2,626 (66.3%) 6,140 (70.6%) 7,409 (52.0%)
 Black 364 (9.2%) 595 (6.8%) 1,073 (7.5%) <0.0001
 Hispanic 312 (7.9%) 639 (7.3%) 958 (6.7%)
 Asian 135 (3.4%) 182 (2.1%) 320 (2.2%)
 Unknown/Other 522 (13.2%) 1,138 (13.1%) 4,482 (31.5%)
Years of Insurance Coverage
 1 to 3 years 478 (12.1%) 443 (5.1%) 2,359 (16.6%)
 3 to 10 years 1,750 (44.2%) 3,088 (35.5%) 6,853 (48.1%) <0.0001
 > 10 years 1,731 (43.7%) 5,163 (59.4%) 5,030 (35.3%)
Region
 Midwest 1,006 (25.4%) 1,764 (20.3%) 3,670 (25.8%)
 Northeast 434 (10.9%) 596 (6.9%) 2,156 (15.1%) <0.0001
 South 1,562 (39.5%) 4,328 (49.8%) 5,149 (36.1%)
 West >946 (>23.9%) >1,995 (>22.9%) >3,256 (>22.9%)
 Unknown <11 (<0.3%) <11 (<0.1%) <11 (<0.1%)
Health Conditions
 Alcohol Use Disorder 218 (5.5%) 309 (3.6%) 987 (6.9%) <0.0001
 Diabetes 415 (10.5%) 747 (8.6%) 1,812 (12.7%) <0.0001
 Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease 170 (4.3%) 300 (3.4%) 956 (6.7%) <0.0001
 Cerebrovascular Accident 43 (1.1%) 92 (1.1%) 283 (1.9%) <0.0001
 Depression 1,772 (44.8%) 3,730 (42.9%) 6,934 (48.7%) <0.0001
 Drug Use Disorder 279 (7.0%) 466 (5.4%) 1,343 (9.4%) <0.0001
 Human Immunodeficiency Virus 146 (3.7%) 37 (0.4%) 377 (2.6%) <0.0001
 Hyperlipidemia 1,252 (31.6%) 3,028 (34.8%) 4,728 (33.2%) 0.0010
 Hypertension 1,046 (26.4%) 2,241 (25.8%) 3,808 (26.7%) 0.2762
 Myocardial Infarction 37 (0.9%) 53 (0.6%) 236 (1.7%) <0.0001
 Post-traumatic stress disorder 227 (5.7%) 417 (4.8%) 1,093 (7.7%) <0.0001
 Tobacco Use 585 (14.8%) 1,177 (13.5%) 2,302 (16.2%) <0.0001

TF=Transfeminine; TM=Transmasculine