Table 1.
County Characteristics by Quartile of Higher Indexed SGLT2i Prescribing. P-values from Jonckheere-Terpstra testing of variance (or Chi-squared for categorical variables) are listed.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Characteristic | |||||
| Median Age | 42.6 | 40.8 | 40.6 | 40.8 | 1 |
| Proportion of Female Individuals | 49.9 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 50.5 | 0.001 |
| Proportion of Black Individuals | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.001 |
| Proportion of Asian Individuals | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | <0.01 |
| Proportion of Hispanic Individuals | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 1 |
| Median Household Income | 49,752 | 51,186 | 50,473 | 48,222 | 1 |
| Proportion of Bachelor Degree Recipients | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.0 | 1 |
| Prevalence of Diabetes | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 0.001 |
| Prevalence of Smoking | 16.0 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 0.001 |
| Prevalence of Obesity | 32.6 | 32.7 | 33.5 | 34.0 | 0.001 |
| Number of PCPs per 100,000 Population | 43.6 | 51.8 | 52.0 | 47.1 | <0.01 |
| Census Region | <0.001 | ||||
| Midwest | 26.7 | 26.7 | 21.3 | 23.9 | |
| Northeast | 10.6 | 18.0 | 41.5 | 29.5 | |
| South | 18.2 | 24.6 | 27.3 | 28.6 | |
| West | 47.9 | 23.4 | 15.5 | 10.9 |