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. 2023 Feb 10;16:13. doi: 10.1186/s13104-023-06280-8

Table 2.

Details of analysis sample, by clinical outcome

HbA1c BMI LDL Systolic blood pressure Diastolic blood pressure
n of patients available for analysis 746 857 224 508 507
n (%) in exposed group 389 (52%) 342 (40%) 112 (50%) 213 (42%) 213 (42%)
Average number of visits among exposed 5.7 4.9 8.9 5.9 5.9
Visits per month among exposed 0.93 (0.8) 1.07 (1.5) 1.14 (1.6) 1.47 (1.9) 1.47 (1.9)
Baseline mean of outcome (full sample) 8.6 (0.3) 39.9 (5.4) 88.3 (1.0) 134.5 (5.6) 79.2 (2.5)
Difference across exposed and control groups − 0.17 (0.12) 0.14 (0.37) -1.3 (1.1) 2.4 (1.6) 0.79 (1.6)
p for difference 0.149 0.711 0.79 0.137 0.5
Odds of visiting a food pantry for a unit increase in outcome level (OR, 95% confidence interval) 0.960 (0.911–1.005) 1.001 (0.993–1.009) 0.99 (0.999–0.999) 1.005 (0.998–1.012) 1.007 (0.985–1.030)
p for odds 0.08 0.79 0.79 0.15 0.51
β for number of visits per unit increase in outcome level − 0.08 − 0.018 − 0.009 − 0.004 − 0.02
p for change in number of visits 0.312 0.1 0.252 0.357 0.337
Average length of pre-post period (full sample) 172 126 202 115 117
Difference across exposed and control groups 19.90 8.89 -0.74 54.86 54.90
p for difference 0.453 0.549 0.888 0.00 0.00

Exposed refers to patients that visited a pantry to redeem their prescription at least once between their first and second clinical measurements; the control group is limited to patients who did not redeem their food prescription at any time between the first and second visits

HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, BMI body mass index, LDL low density lipoprotein