Appendix Table 4.

Sample Characteristics by Care Site*

Primary Care
(n = 2657)
Specialty Care
(n = 3415)
P Value
Mean (SD)Mean (SD)
Age, years54.0 (10.0)55.1 (10.1)4.7 × 10-6
BMI, kg/m234.1 (8.4)33.1 (8.0)1.9 × 10-6
HbA1c, %8.0 (2.0)8.1 (1.9)9.9 × 10-8
n (%)n (%)
Biological sex
 Male1185 (44.6%)1724 (50.4 %)ref
 Female1472 (55.4%)1691 (49.6%)6.0 × 10-6
Race
 White401 (15.1%)1635 (47.9%)ref
 Black2173 (81.8%)1634 (47.8%)2.2 × 10-6
 Asian83 (3.1%)146 (4.3%)1.1 × 10-8
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic2599 (97.8%)3307 (96.8%)ref
 Hispanic58 (2.2%)108 (3.2%)0.025
Insurance status
 Private1557 (58.6%)1979 (58.0%)ref
 Medicaid576 (21.7%)506 (14.8%)1.3 × 10-7
 Medicare524 (19.7%)930 (27.2%)2.3 × 10-7
  • BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.

  • * P values for the continuous variables were calculated using the nonparametric Wilcox test. P values for the categorical variables were calculated using the chi square test; in case of more than 2 categories, 1 category is shown as reference (eg, “White”).