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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Limited english proficiency and concordance of CKD awareness among primary care providers and patients

Characteristics

All (n = 152)

English proficient (n = 103)

Limited English Proficient (n = 49)

p-value

Mean Age, years (SD)

57.4 (13.6)

57.9 (11.9)

56.5 (16.8)

0.56

Male, % (N)

48.7 (74)

54.4 (56)

36.7 (18)

0.04

Race/Ethnicity, % (N)

   

< 0.01

 Non-Hispanic White

9.2 (14)

13.6 (14)

0

 Hispanic

37.5 (57)

9.7 (10)

95.9 (47)

 Black

44.1 (67)

65.0 (67)

0

 Asian

7.9 (12)

9.7 (10)

4.1 (2)

 Other

1.3 (2)

1.9 (2)

0

Language, % (N)

   

< 0.01

 English

67.8 (103)

103 (100)

0

 Spanish

30.9 (47)

0

95.9 (47)

 Cantonese

0.6 (1)

0

2.0 (1)

 Other

0.6 (1)

0

2.0 (1)

Provider-Patient Language Concordance, % (N)

76.3 (116)

100 (103)

26.5 (13)

0.04

Adequate Health Literacy, % (N)

69.3 (104)

71.6 (73)

64.6 (31)

0.39

Educational Attainment, % (N)

   

< 0.01

 Primary School

15.1 (23)

2.9 (3)

40.8 (20)

 High School/Vocational School

46.7 (71)

49.5 (51)

40.8 (20)

 College

38.2 (58)

47.6 (49)

18.4 (9)

Health Insurance, % (N)

   

< 0.01

 None

20.9 (30)

10.4 (10)

42.6 (20)

 Medicaid

55.9 (80)

65.6 (63)

36.2 (17)

 Medicare

23.1 (33)

23.9 (23)

20.4 (10)

Hypertension, % (N)

90.1 (136)

93.1 (95)

83.7 (41)

0.07

Mean Systolic BP, (SD)

134.7 (22.2)

137.5 (21.9)

128.8 (21.6)

0.03

Mean Diastolic BP, (SD)

78.9 (12.4)

81.2 (13.2)

74.0 (8.6)

< 0.01

Mean eGFR (SD)

66.1 (32.8)

62.6 (29.1)

73.3 (38.8)

0.06

CKD stage, % (N)

   

0.24

 Stage 1–2

36.2 (55)

33.0 (34)

42.9 (21)

 Stage 3–4

63.8 (97)

66.9 (69)

57.1 (28)

Proteinuria, % (N)

77.5 (107)

78.9 (71)

75.0 (36)

0.6

Diabetes, % (N)

77.6 (118)

79.61 (82)

73.47 (36)

0.4

Mean Cholesterol (LDL) Mg/dL, (SD)

83.0 (46.0)

82.0 (43.6)

85.1 (50.9)

0.7

  1. n = 152 for all rows except SBP (n = 148), DBP (n = 148), Insurance (n-143), Cholesterol (n = 130)