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Table 1 Description of individuals with a recent diagnosis of diabetes (within five years), by race/ethnicity

From: Are racial/ethnic minorities recently diagnosed with diabetes less likely than white individuals to receive guideline-directed diabetes preventive care?

 

Non-Hispanic Whites (weighted%)

Non-Hispanic Blacks (weighted%)

Hispanics (%)

p-value

N*

4289

1337

1196

 

Mean Age (years)

58.4

54.8

52.0

<0.001

Sex

   

<0.001

Female

2124 (46.8)

801 (55.7)

660 (50.3)

 

Has health Insurance†

3893 (93.2)

1124 (88.1)

854 (75.9)

<0.001

General health status‡

   

<0.001

Excellent/very good

1237 (28.7)

256 (19.4)

273 (25.9)

 

Good/fair

2645 (62.1)

922 (69.3)

819 (66.2)

 

Poor

404 (9.1)

158 (11.3)

104 (7.9)

 

Region

   

<0.001

Northeast

718 (17.2)

172 (15.8)

165 (14.0)

 

Midwest

1212 (29.0)

209 (17.0)

100 (9.8)

 

South

1539 (38.2)

833 (58.3)

438 (37.6)

 

West

820 (15.6)

123 (8.9)

493 (38.6)

 

Hypertension§

3033 (70.1)

1076 (78.1)

716 (58.9)

<0.001

Taking oral diabetes medication

1093 (24.5)

339 (24.8)

327 (28.3)

0.07

Taking insulin

567 (12.2)

252 (17.2)

141 (11.5)

<0.001

BMI||

   

0.11

< 18.5

20 (0.4)

3 (0.2)

4 (0.4)

 

18.5 – 24.9

423 (9.3)

129 (9.3)

127 (9.5)

 

25.0 – 29.9

1166 (28.9)

346 (25.6)

367 (31.8)

 

≥ 30.0

2468 (61.4)

808 (64.9)

642 (58.3)

 

Number of comorbidities¶

   

<0.001

0

1216 (30.0)

517 (41.5)

551 (44.5)

 

1

1493 (35.6)

433 (31.1)

406 (35.5)

 

2-3

1273 (27.6)

318 (23.0)

205 (17.4)

 

≥ 4

307 (6.8)

69 (4.4)

34 (2.5)

 

Married

2111 (61.1)

392 (41.0)

548 (57.1)

<0.001

Seen/talked to eye doctor (past 12 months)#

2441 (57.1)

662 (48.8)

496 (41.3)

<0.001

Seen/talked to foot doctor (past 12 months)**

687 (16.5)

281 (18.9)

183 (13.5)

0.02

BP check by health profession (past 12 months)††

4116 (97.6)

1271 (96.3)

1060 (90.4)

<0.001

Cholesterol check by health profession (past 12 months)‡‡

3872 (92.9)

1203 (91.9)

997 (85.6)

<0.001

  1. Notes:
  2. *N=6,822 because 519 out of 7,341 participants have race/ethnicity data missing. Countsare not weighted, but percentages by race/ethnicity are weighted.
  3. † 271 participants missing data on insurance coverage
  4. ‡ 4 participants missing data on health status
  5. § 3 participants missing hypertension status information
  6. || 319 participants missing data on body mass index (BMI)
  7. ¶ Number of comorbidities related to diabetes and represents count of ever told about heartdisease, angina, cancer, high cholesterol, or kidney disease
  8. # 82 participants missing data on having a visit to an eye doctor in the past 12 months
  9. ** 73 participants missing data on having a visit to a foot doctor in the past 12 months
  10. †† 124 participants missing data on having blood pressure check by a health professional inthe past 12 months
  11. ‡‡ 183 participants missing data on having cholesterol check by a health professional in thepast 12 months
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