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Table 1 Description of differences between patients across clinical risk indicators

From: Evaluating the association of social needs assessment data with cardiometabolic health status in a federally qualified community health center patient population

 

Overall

Obese

High BP, Stage 1

ASCVD Risk

−

+

P value

−

+

P value

−

+

P value

N

2192

980

1173

–

1027

1147

–

387

1081

–

Demographicsa

Age, year, mean

49.6

49.2

50.2

0.102

47.9

54.8

< 0.001*

47.4

58.7

< 0.001*

Female

61.8

53.3

68.8

< 0.001*

63.9

55.6

< 0.001*

79.1

52.5

< 0.001*

Race

 Black/African American

49.5

45.5

52.6

0.001*

43.1

66.5

< 0.001*

26.1

71.3

< 0.001*

 White/Caucasian

14.0

15.8

12.4

0.021*

14.9

11.6

0.050*

18.1

14.1

0.058

 Other

26.7

28.5

25.5

0.120

30.5

16.5

< 0.001*

55.8

14.6

< 0.001*

 Not reported/declined

9.9

10.2

9.6

0.611

11.5

5.4

< 0.001*

–

–

–

Hispanic/Latino

35.1

36.4

34.4

0.330

40.7

19.9

< 0.001*

56.8

12.8

< 0.001*

Members per household

 Lives alone

27.9

30.1

26.2

0.059

25.8

33.7

0.001*

16.3

40.5

< 0.001*

 Two

22.8

22.0

23.5

0.450

21.3

27.0

0.008*

18.3

26.5

0.002*

 Three to four

30.9

30.8

31.0

0.914

32.6

26.0

0.005*

40.3

22.9

< 0.001*

 More than five

18.4

17.1

19.3

0.215

20.3

13.3

< 0.001*

25.1

10.1

< 0.001*

Migrant or seasonal work

0.8

0.9

0.7

0.753

0.7

0.9

0.647

0.8

0.5

0.479

Military discharge

1.6

1.8

1.4

0.405

1.7

1.3

0.576

0.3

2.9

0.004*

Uninsured

58.4

60.5

56.7

0.081

59.7

55.4

0.081

68.3

43.6

< 0.001*

Lacks high school education

34.6

35.3

33.8

0.502

35.8

31.8

0.099

41.8

29.5

< 0.001*

Work situation

 Full-time

24.8

25.0

25.1

0.959

27.4

18.0

< 0.001*

34.3

15.5

< 0.001*

 Part-time

19.6

20.9

18.5

0.168

21.3

14.6

0.001*

26.8

13.5

< 0.001*

 Unemployed, seeking work

26.6

25.8

27.5

0.409

24.3

33.5

< 0.001*

23.2

31.7

0.002*

 Unemployed, not seeking work

29.0

28.3

29.0

0.726

27.1

33.9

0.003*

15.8

39.3

< 0.001*

Social needsa

No housing

19.4

22.3

16.6

0.001*

18.7

21.4

0.167

15.3

21.6

0.009*

Worried about losing housing

14.3

14.7

14.1

0.721

14.4

14.1

0.859

20.2

12.1

< 0.001*

Lacks transportation

17.6

19.7

15.7

0.022*

17.3

18.2

0.656

17.7

17.4

0.890

Low social interaction

37.0

37.3

36.4

0.658

36.3

38.6

0.339

34.4

37.9

0.237

High stress

14.3

16.3

12.2

0.009*

13.8

15.4

0.354

17.8

13.0

0.024*

Feels unsafe at residence

7.7

8.1

7.3

0.548

7.8

7.6

0.862

10.1

8.0

0.210

Afraid of partner

3.7

3.4

3.7

0.675

4.1

2.6

0.138

3.6

2.2

0.149

Other material need

 Food

16.2

15.9

16.4

0.738

14.9

20.0

0.006*

10.6

20.4

< 0.001*

 Access to health care

19.1

20.2

18.0

0.207

17.1

25.4

< 0.001*

16.3

21.6

0.027*

 Utilities

7.3

7.4

0.7.2

0.840

6.7

8.9

0.097

6.5

8.0

0.355

 Clothing

4.4

5.3

3.6

0.074

4.0

5.6

0.136

3.0

5.1

0.098

 Child care

1.5

1.4

1.5

0.783

1.5

1.3

0.714

0.3

0.7

0.370

 Phone

2.6

2.7

2.5

0.842

1.8

4.8

 < 0.001*

1.1

3.4

0.020*

 Other

7.0

7.5

6.4

0.345

7.3

5.9

0.275

6.8

6.9

0.925

  1. aReported as %, unless otherwise specified
  2. *P < 0.05