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. 2022 Apr 20;17(4):e0266715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266715

Table 1. Summary of baseline demographics by UHC exposure.

  Never UHC N = 415 Switched to UHC N = 101 Always UHC N = 96 p-value*
Age 55.6 (16.7) 66.2 (15.9) 62.2 (13.9) 0.068
Sex       0.948
Male 131(31.6%) 30 (29.7%) 27 (28.1%)  
Female 284 (68.4%) 71 (70.3%) 69 (71.9%)  
Married 290 (69.9%) 70 (69.3%) 72 (75.0%) 0.583
Wealth Quintiles       0.906
1 (Poorest) 97 (23.4%) 12 (11.9%) 8 (8.3%)  
2 86 (20.7%) 21 (20.8%) 18 (18.8%)  
3 73 (17.6%) 18 (17.8%) 34 (35.4%)  
4 79 (19.0%) 26 (25.7%) 18 (18.8%)  
5 (Wealthiest) 80 (19.3%) 24 (23.8%) 18 (18.8%)  
    Education       0.645
    Preschool (less than 1 year completed)/None 127 (30.6%) 26 (25.7%) 9 (9.4%)  
    Primary School (not completed) 90 (21.7%) 22 (21.8%) 42 (43.8%)  
    Primary school 82 (19.8%) 25 (24.8%) 30 (31.3%)  
    Secondary school 77 (18.6%) 23 (22.8%) 13 (13.5%)  
    Higher than secondary school 35 (8.4%) 5 (5.0%) 2 (2.1%)  
    Vocational School (Post primary) 4 (1.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)  
Hypertension 268 (64.6%) 81 (80.2%) 79 (82.3%) 0.36
Heart Failure 10 (2.4%) 3 (3.0%) 8 (8.3%) 0.11
Dyslipidemia 2 (0.5%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.0%) 0.74
Diabetes 88 (21.2%) 25 (24.8%) 21 (21.9%) 0.838
Asthma 102 (24.6%) 12 (11.9%) 11 (11.5%) 0.379

Data are presented as mean (SD) for continuous measures, and n (%) for categorical measures.

*Adjusted for County clusters.