Table 1:

Comparison of socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of expansion vs non-expansion states based on 2010 data

Variable	Medicaid expansion N=31	Medicaid non-expansion N=20	P-value
Black race	7.4% (2.9–14.0%)	11.9% (3.1–23.7%)	0.24
Hispanic ethnicity	8.1% (3.8–14.5%)	7.5% (3.8–8.6%)	0.46
Female sex	50.4% (49.9–51.1%)	50.7% (49.7–51.2%)	0.73
History of diabetes	8.5% (7.4–9.3%)	9.6% (7.8–10.4%)	0.07
Obese	25.6% (23.9–29.1%)	29.4% (27.1–31.7%)	0.006
Heavy Alcohol Use	5.3% (4.4–5.8%)	4.8% (3.8–5.3%)	0.03
Insured among those at or below 138% of the federal poverty level	63.0% (57.0–71.1%)	57.8% (54.0–60.8%)	0.02
Living below federal poverty level	13.8% (11.5–15.8%)	16.2% (13.3–18.0%)	0.07
Unemployed	8.6% (7.7–10.3%)	8.4% (7.1–10.4%)	0.67
Median state household income	$52,053 (45,354–60,729)	$45,126 (42,313–48518)	0.005
Primary care doctors/100,000 population	30.7 (23.9–38.7)	31.1 (26.8–41.5)	0.69
Gastroenterologists/100,000 population	3.8 (3.1–5.2)	3.4 (2.8–4.0)	0.13

Data presented as median (IQR), with the unit of analysis each state