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Table 2 Sample characteristics at baseline

From: Health literacy enhanced intervention for inner-city African Americans with uncontrolled diabetes: a pilot study

Variable

Mean (SD)a or % for the total sample (N = 19)

Mean (SD) or % for the analytical sample (n = 11)

Mean (SD) or % for the dropout sample (n = 8)

Age, years

54.1 (8.8)

51.5 (10.4)

57.3 (5.6)

Female

63.2

72.7

50.0

< high school

31.6

27.3

37.5

Employed (full or part-time)

26.4

54.6

25.0

Difficult to manage with current household income

36.9

27.3

50.0

Insured (Medicare and/or Medicaid)

57.9

63.6

50.0

Comorbidity

94.7

90.9b

100.0c

On diabetes medication

100.0

100.0

100.0

Have primary physician

89.5

100.0

75.0

  1. aStandard deviation
  2. bHypercholesterolemia (n = 7), hypertension (n = 6), heart disease (n = 2), asthma (n = 2)
  3. cHypercholesterolemia (n = 6), hypertension (n = 6), heart disease (n = 2)