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Table 2 Characteristics of the study sample and matching results using exact match and propensity scores

From: A community partnership to evaluate the feasibility of addressing food insecurity among adult patients in an urban healthcare system

Variable

Food insecure

(n=256)

Historical

comparison group

(n=256)

p-value

Demographics and marital status

 Age, mean (sd)

60.3

(12.8)

61.0

(14.7)

0.62

 Femalea,n(%)

168

(65.6)

168

(65.6)

0.99

 African-Americana,n(%)

221

(86.3)

221

(86.3)

0.99

 Married,n(%)

68

(26.6)

65

(25.4)

0.76

Morbidity

 Asthma,n(%)

29

(11.3)

39

(13.9)

0.99

 Hypertension,n(%)

200

(78.1)

200

(78.1)

0.99

 Diabetes,n(%)

116

(45.3)

112

(43.8)

0.72

 Coronary artery disease,n(%)

46

(18.0)

46

(18.0)

0.99

Selected healthcare utilization

 ED visits in the prior year, mean (sd)

1.86

(3.66)

1.34

(2.46)

0.16

 ED visit category,n(%)

  0

133

(52.0)

143

(55.9)

0.62

  1

26

(10.2)

28

(10.9)

 

  2

37

(14.5)

37

(14.5)

 

  >3

60

(23.4)

48

(18.8)

 
  1. aSex, race, and zip code of residence used for an exact match. All other variable distributions were constructed in the comparison group using propensity scores