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Mean ±SD or Proportion (n)
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Demographic characteristics
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Age
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52.7 ± 11.1
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Gender (female)
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55.3% (244)
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Currently married or in long term relationship
| |
53.1% (234)
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Born in the US
| |
25.6% (113)
|
Years in US*
| |
18.2 ± 11.1
|
Primary Language:
|
English
|
27.7% (122)
|
|
Spanish
|
68.7% (303)
|
|
Other
|
3.6% (16)
|
Ethnicity:
|
Asian
|
4.1% (18)
|
|
African American
|
19.0% (84)
|
|
Latino or Hispanic
|
70.1% (309)
|
|
White
|
2.5% (11)
|
|
Other
|
4.3% (19)
|
Working status:
|
Full time
|
18.6% (82)
|
|
Part time
|
25.6% (113)
|
|
Homemaker
|
13.8% (61)
|
|
Unemployed
|
16.1% (71)
|
|
Retired
|
10.0% (44)
|
|
Disabled/SSI
|
13.6% (60)
|
|
Other
|
2.3% (10)
|
Education:
|
Never went to school
|
4.3% (19)
|
|
1st to 5th grade
|
18.4% (81)
|
|
6th to 8th grade
|
21.1% (93)
|
|
Some high school
|
13.4% (59)
|
|
High school grad or GED
|
17.7% (78)
|
|
Some college
|
15.6% (69)
|
|
College graduate
|
9.5% (42)
|
Income:
|
Less than 5 K
|
34.0% (150)
|
|
5 K-10 K
|
24.3% (107)
|
|
10-20 K
|
29.5% (130)
|
|
20-40 K
|
10.2% (45)
|
|
More than 40 K
|
2.0% (9)
|
Clinic:
|
Clinic A
|
75.3% (332)
|
|
Clinic B
|
24.7% (109)
|
Total length of coming to clinic for care (years)
| |
8.7 ± 8.1
|
Clinical characteristics
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Body mass index (BMI)
| |
31.4 ± 6.8
|
Hemoglobin A1c**
| |
9.9 ± 1.5
|
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)**
| |
146.7 ± 34.7
|
Systolic blood pressure**
| |
159.4 ± 15.4
|
- * For the 328 participants born outside the United States.
- **Includes only patients qualifying for the study on this measure (n = 158 for hemoglobin A1c, 229 for LDL, and 192 for systolic blood pressure).