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Subject characteristics |
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| Characteristic |
N |
Result |
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| Mean age in years, (range) |
999 |
64.7 (22–93) |
| Female (N, %) |
543 |
54 |
| Race (N, % white) |
969 |
97 |
| Married [or living as married N, %] |
625 |
63 |
| Education (N, %) |
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| Less than High School |
243 |
24 |
| High School |
353 |
35 |
| Some College |
159 |
16 |
| Associate's Degree |
59 |
6 |
| Bachelor's Degree |
87 |
9 |
| Graduate or Professional Degree |
91 |
9 |
| Income (N, %) |
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| Less than $30,000 per year |
542 |
59 |
| $30,000 – $59,000 per year |
259 |
28 |
| $60,000 per year or more |
123 |
13 |
| Health Insurance† (N, %) |
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| Private or commercial |
581 |
58 |
| Medicare |
591 |
59 |
| Medicaid |
211 |
21 |
| Military or Veterans Administration |
51 |
5 |
| None |
24 |
2 |
| Glycemic Monitoring and Control |
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| A1C (%), baseline mean (range) |
992 |
7.1 (4–13.5) |
| Baseline A1C < 7% (N, %) |
565 |
57 |
| Reading Skill |
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| SILS (N, mean, range) |
992 |
1.8 (1–5) |
| Never/Rarely needs help (N, %) |
770 |
77 |
| Sometimes need help (N, %) |
147 |
15 |
| Often need help (N, %) |
39 |
4 |
| Always need help (N, %) |
43 |
4 |
| S-TOFHLA‡, (N, mean, range) |
999 |
29.8 (0–36) |
| Inadequate (%) |
104 |
10 |
| Marginal (%) |
66 |
7 |
| Adequate (%) |
829 |
83 |
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Some totals may not be 100% because of rounding. †Many subjects had more than one health insurance type. ‡Inadequate (STOFHLA score 0–16, including the blind and those otherwise unable to read), Marginal (STOFHLA score 17–23), Adequate (STOFHLA score ≥ 23). | ||
Morris et al. BMC Family Practice 2006 7:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-7-21 |
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