Demographic and Health Characteristics of Primary Care Patients Studied (N = 1934)
| Characteristic | Overall | Age <65 (n = 1481) | Age ≥65 (n = 424) | P (for Age Comparison) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age (years) | 50.1 (18.1) | 77.7 | 42.8 (12.9) | 22.3 | 75.6 (7.0) | ||
| Gender (% female) | 67.7 | 67.7 | 67.2 | .851 | |||
| Race | .001 | ||||||
| African-American | 30.0 | 30.7 | 29.1 | ||||
| White | 58.1 | 56.6 | 69.9 | ||||
| Latino | 9.2 | 11.7 | 0.5 | ||||
| Other | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | ||||
| Marital status | .001 | ||||||
| Married/living with partner | 59.2 | 54.8 | 50.1 | ||||
| Separated/divorced | 14.6 | 16.6 | 7.6 | ||||
| Widowed | 11.8 | 4.0 | 38.6 | ||||
| Never married | 14.4 | 17.9 | 3.2 | ||||
| Education | .001 | ||||||
| Less than 8th grade | 9.9 | 8.1 | 14.9 | ||||
| Some high school | 11.2 | 9.7 | 16.4 | ||||
| High school graduate | 28.4 | 29.2 | 26.2 | ||||
| Some college or more | 50.5 | 53.0 | 42.5 | ||||
| Self-reported health status (fair/poor) | 31.5 | 30.5 | 35.6 | .045 | |||
| Body mass index | 29.3 (7.1) | 29.8 (7.2) | 27.6 (6.3) | .001 | |||
| Heart disease | 11.8 | 6.6 | 29.5 | .001 | |||
| High blood pressure | 44.2 | 39.9 | 69.1 | .001 | |||
| Lung disease | 5.4 | 4.3 | 9.0 | .001 | |||
| Stroke | 5.9 | 4.1 | 12.5 | .001 | |||
| Depression | 29.1 | 31.5 | 21.0 | .001 | |||
| Chronic back pain | 24.6 | 25.0 | 23.6 | .556 | |||
| Cancer | 5.6 | 3.1 | 14.6 | .001 | |||
| Diabetes | 17.8 | 15.1 | 28.1 | .001 | |||
| Arthritis | 33.3 | 27.0 | 55.7 | .001 | |||
| Joint pain, stiffness, or aching (last 30 days) | 54.1 | 50.2 | 68.7 | .001 | |||
| Smoke at least 1 cigarette per day | 21.6 | 25.3 | 8.0 | .001 | |||
| Physical health (days not good) | 6.0 (9.0) | 5.9 (8.9) | 6.2 (9.3) | .637 | |||
| Mental health (days not good) | 5.3 (9.1) | 5.8 (9.4) | 3.6 (8.0) | .001 | |||
| Mental or physical health limited usual activities (days) | 3.8 (8.0) | 3.6 (7.7) | 4.5 (8.9) | .096 | |||