Characteristics of Patients Included in Study to Examine Uptake of AHA/ACC Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines (n = 223,289)
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 9,9569 (44.6%) |
| Female | 12,3707 (55.4%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 1,1354 (5.8%) |
| Non-Hispanic | 18,4724 (94.2%) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 1,6613 (8.2%) |
| Black | 2,9500 (14.5%) |
| Other | 1,4842 (7.3%) |
| White | 14,2230 (70.0%) |
| Insurance Type | |
| Commercial | 16,8692 (75.7%) |
| Medicaid | 1,2361 (5.5%) |
| Medicare | 2,8217 (12.7%) |
| Uninsured | 1,3655 (6.1%) |
| Average age in years (SD) | 53.3 (9.9) |
| Age, years | |
| 18 to 30 | 473 (0.2%) |
| 31 to 39 | 2580 (1.1%) |
| 40 to 49 | 8,6519 (38.8%) |
| 50 to 59 | 7,4710 (33.5%) |
| 60 to 69 | 4,3678 (19.6%) |
| 70 to 79 | 1,3475 (6.0%) |
| ≥80 | 1854 (0.8%) |
AHA, American Heart Association; ACC, American College of Cardiology; SD, standard deviation.