Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients (N = 30).
| Age in years | Mean (standard deviation [SD]; range) |
| 61.7 (9.77; 42-82) | |
| Body mass index | Mean (standard deviation [SD]; range) |
| 28.4 (6.3; 21.6-42.6) | |
| Ethnicity | n (%) |
| White | 15 (50) |
| Asian | 5 (16.7) |
| Black or African-American | 5 (16.7) |
| Hispanic | 3 (10) |
| More than 1 race | 2 (6.7) |
| Highest level of education | n (%) |
| Partial college/professional school degree | 4 (13.3) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 17 (56.7) |
| Master’s/doctoral degree | 9 (30) |
| Marital status | n (%) |
| Married | 14 (46.7) |
| Divorced/separated | 6 (20) |
| Single, never married | 10 (33.3) |
| Employment | n (%) |
| Working now | 14 (46.7) |
| Retired | 14 (46.7) |
| Looking for work, unemployed | 2 (6.6) |
| Residence status | n (%) |
| Home-alone | 14 (46.7) |
| Home-family | 16 (53.3) |
| Financial status | n (%) |
| Comfortable: have more than enough to make ends meet | 11 (36.7) |
| Have enough to make ends meet | 18 (60) |
| Do not have enough to make ends meet | 1 (3.3) |
| Smoking history | n (%) |
| Never smoked | 22 (73.3) |
| Former (stopped more than 1 year before this encounter) | 8 (26.7) |
| Drinking habits | n (%) |
| Never | 4 (13.3) |
| Fewer than 1 drink per week | 14 (46.7) |
| 1 alcoholic drink per week | 3 (10) |
| 2-7 drinks per week | 8 (26.7) |
| 7 or more drinks per week | 1 (3.3) |