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Characteristic Values* Age (y) 57 ± 11 BMI (kg/m2)† 31 ± 6.4 SES‡ −3.95 (−6.58, −1.55) Gender Men 148 (37.0%) Women 252 (63.0%) Ever smoked Yes 169 (42.3%) No 231 (57.8%) Current smoker Yes 59 (14.8%) No 341 (85.3%) Diabetes Yes 127 (31.8%) No 273 (68.3%) Hypertension Yes 288 (72.0%) No 112 (28.0%) Dyslipidemia Yes 206 (51.5%) No 194 (48.5%) PCP§ Yes 350 (87.5%) No 50 (12.5%) Close Contact Yes 359 (89.8%) No 41 (10.3%) Number of phone numbers 2 (2, 3) Charlson score 0 (0, 1) Interpreter used Yes 103 (25.85) No 297 (74.3%) Native Language English 204 (51.0%) Non-English 196 (49.0%) Race Asian 18 (4.5%) Black 143 (35.8%) Hispanic 215 (53.8%) Multiracial 6 (1.5%) White 18 (4.5%) Insurance Commercial 118 (29.5%) Medicaid 177 (44.3%) Medicare 98 (24.5%) Self pay 7 (1.8%) ↵* Categorical variables are presented as frequencies and percentages. Continuous variables are presented as either means and standard deviations or medians and interquartile ranges, depending on distribution.
↵† BMI, body mass index.
↵‡ SES, socioeconomic score. Displayed as a Z score calculated based on the person's address and 6 socioeconomic variables for the neighborhood by zip code (log of median household income; log of median value of housing units; the percentage of households receiving interest, dividend, or net rental income; education; the percentage of adults who completed college; and the percentage of employed individuals in executive, managerial or professional positions) and normalized to the New York State average.
↵§ PCP, primary care physician.
Factor No One-Year Follow-up (n = 19) Successful One-Year Follow-up (n = 381) P Value Age (y) 56 ± 10 57 ± 11 .7512 BMI (kg/m2)† 29 ± 6.7 31 ± 6.4 .1862 SES‡ −3.1371 (−6.56945, −1.675089) −3.9734 (−6.6542, −1.647682) .5627 Gender .0532 Men 11 (57.9%) 137 (36.0%) Women 8 (42.1%) 244 (64.0%) Ever smoked .6435 Yes 9 (47.4%) 160 (42.0%) No 10 (52.6%) 221 (58.0%) Current smoker .5025 Yes 4 (21.1%) 55 (14.4%) No 15 (78.9%) 326 (85.6%) Diabetes .4493 Yes 4 (21.1%) 123 (32.3%) No 15 (78.9%) 258 (67.7%) Hypertension .7218 Yes 13 (68.4%) 275 (72.2%) No 6 (31.6%) 106 (27.8%) Dyslipidemia .1902 Yes 7 (36.8%) 199 (52.2%) No 12 (63.2%) 182 (47.8%) PCP§ .0010 Yes 13 (68.4%) 337 (88.5%) No 6 (31.6%) 44 (11.5%) Close contact .7071 Yes 18 (94.7%) 341 (89.5%) No 1 (5.3%) 40 (10.5%) Number of phone numbers 2 (2, 2) 2 (2, 3) .4856 Charlson score 0 (0, 1) 1 (0, 1) .0480 Interpreter used .2572 Yes 7 (36.8%) 96 (25.2%) No 12 (63.2%) 285 (74.8%) Native Language .0274 English 5 (26.3%) 199 (52.2%) Non-English 14 (73.7%) 182 (47.8%) Race .4468 Asian 0 (0.0%) 18 (4.7%) Black 4 (21.1%) 139 (36.5%) Hispanic 14 (73.7%) 201 (52.8%) Multiracial 0 (0.0%) 6 (1.6%) White 1 (5.3%) 17 (4.5%) Insurance .9068 Commercial 5 (26.3%) 113 (29.7%) Medicaid 10 (52.6%) 167 (43.8%) Medicare 4 (21.1%) 94 (24.7%) Self pay 0 (0.0%) 7 (1.8%) ↵* Categorical variables are presented as frequencies and percentages. Continuous variables are presented as either means and standard deviations or medians and interquartile ranges, depending on distribution.
↵† BMI, body mass index.
↵‡ SES, socioeconomic score. Displayed as a Z score as in the previous table.
↵§ PCP, primary care physician.
Variable % Follow up 1st Tertile % Follow up 2nd Tertile % Follow up 3rd Tertile P Value Possible Follow-up (days) 1,359 ± 378 1,391 ± 377 1,446 ± 376 .1289 Age (y) 55 ± 11.2 60 ± 10.9 55 ± 10.9 .0016 BMI (kg/m2)† 31 ± 7.2 31 ± 6.3 30 ± 5.8 .9513 SES‡ −4.211 −4.0430 −4.0625 .8651 Gender .0019 Women 71 (53.4%) 100 (74.1%) 81 (61.4%) Men 62 (46.6%) 35 (25.9%) 51 (38.6%) Ever smoked .2245 No 83 (62.4%) 73 (54.1%) 75 (56.8%) Yes 50 (37.6%) 62 (45.9%) 57 (43.2%) Current smoker .6544 No 115 (86.5%) 112 (83.0%) 114 (86.4%) Yes 18 (13.5%) 23 (17.0%) 18 (13.6%) Diabetes .0191 No 99 (74.4%) 80 (59.3%) 94 (71.2%) Yes 34 (25.6%) 55 (40.7%) 38 (28.8%) Hypertension .2592 No 42 (31.6%) 31 (23.0%) 39 (29.5%) Yes 91 (68.4%) 104 (77.0%) 93 (70.5%) Dyslipidemia .0027 No 69 (51.9%) 32 (30.5%) 63 (47.7%) Yes 64 (48.1%) 73 (69.5%) 69 (52.3%) PCP§ .0046 No 24 (18.0%) 7 (5.2%) 19 (14.4%) Yes 109 (82.0%) 128 (94.8%) 113 (85.6%) Close contact .2400 No 9 (6.8%) 15 (11.1%) 17 (12.9%) Yes 124 (93.2%) 120 (88.9%) 115 (87.1%) Number of phone numbers 2 (2, 3) 2 (2, 3) 2 (2, 3) .3205 Charlson score 0 (0, 1) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0, 1) .5851 Interpreter used .9130 No 97 (72.9%) 101 (74.8%) 99 (75.0%) Yes 36 (27.1%) 34 (25.2%) 33 (25.0%) Native language .2019 English 67 (50.4%) 62 (45.9%) 75 (56.8%) Non-English 66 (49.6%) 73 (54.1%) 57 (43.2%) Race .4560 Asian 4 (3.0%) 6 (4.4%) 8 (6.1%) Black 49 (36.8%) 44 (32.6%) 50 (37.9%) Hispanic 72 (54.1%) 77 (57.0%) 66 (50.0%) Multiracial 2 (1.5%) 4 (29.6%) 0 (0.0%) White 6 (4.5%) 4 (29.6%) 8 (6.1%) Insurance .0619 Commercial 49 (36.8%) 29 (21.5%) 40 (30.3%) Medicaid 51 (38.3%) 58 (43.0%) 68 (51.5%) Medicare 29 (21.8%) 48 (35.6%) 21 (15.9%) Self pay 4 (3.0%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (2.3%) ↵* For each bivariate analysis, % follow-up complete was divided into tertiles. Categorical variables are presented as frequencies and percentages. Continuous variables are presented as either means and standard deviations or medians and interquartile ranges, depending on distribution.
↵† BMI, body mass index.
↵‡ SES, socioeconomic score. Displayed as a Z score as in the previous table.
↵§ PCP, primary care physician.
