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Table 1 Baseline Patient Characteristics by Distance to Highway (55+) Categories

From: Evaluation of associations between asthma exacerbations and distance to roadways using geocoded electronic health records data

 

< 0.25 mile

N = 776

0.25–0.5 mile

N = 988

0.5–1 mile

N = 1545

> 1 mile

N = 3202

Sex

 Male

441 (56.8%)

566 (57.3%)

848 (54.9%)

1803 (56.3%)

 Female

335 (43.2%)

422 (42.7%)

697 (45.1%)

1399 (43.7%)

 Age

8.0 (6.0–12.0)

9.0 (6.0–13.0)

9.0 (6.0–12.0)

9.0 (6.0–13.0)

Race

 Hispanic

154 (19.8%)

91 (9.2%)

221 (14.3%)

326 (10.2%)

 Non-Hispanic Black

465 (59.9%)

662 (67.0%)

888 (57.5%)

1814 (56.7%)

 Non-Hispanic White

90 (11.6%)

143 (14.5%)

276 (17.9%)

773 (24.1%)

 Other

54 (7.0%)

74 (7.5%)

118 (7.6%)

224 (7.0%)

 Unavailable/Unknown

13 (1.7%)

18 (1.8%)

42 (2.7%)

65 (2.0%)

Atopy

 No

293 (37.8%)

354 (35.8%)

628 (40.6%)

1211 (37.8%)

 Yes

483 (62.2%)

634 (64.2%)

917 (59.4%)

1991 (62.2%)

Obesity

 No

561 (72.3%)

707 (71.6%)

1083 (70.1%)

2426 (75.8%)

 Yes

206 (26.5%)

264 (26.7%)

446 (28.9%)

749 (23.4%)

 Missing

9 (1.2%)

17 (1.7%)

16 (1.0%)

27 (0.8%)

Insurance Type

 Private

179 (23.1%)

290 (29.4%)

494 (32.0%)

1313 (41.0%)

 Public

565 (72.8%)

648 (65.6%)

985 (63.8%)

1746 (54.5%)

 Self-pay

29 (3.7%)

44 (4.5%)

62 (4.0%)

118 (3.7%)

 Unavailable/Unknown

3 (0.4%)

6 (0.6%)

4 (0.3%)

25 (0.8%)

Medication Category

 No prescriptions

475 (61.2%)

577 (58.4%)

917 (59.4%)

1890 (59.0%)

 Only ICS or only LTRA

229 (29.5%)

346 (35.0%)

510 (33.0%)

1095 (34.2%)

 Combination

72 (9.3%)

65 (6.6%)

118 (7.6%)

217 (6.8%)

SES Status Category

 25–50

414 (53.4%)

663 (67.1%)

927 (60.0%)

1485 (46.4%)

 50–75

260 (33.5%)

318 (32.2%)

616 (39.9%)

1717 (53.6%)

 Missing

102 (13.1%)

7 (0.7%)

2 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

Number of Encounters in past year

2.0 (1.0–5.0)

2.0 (1.0–5.0)

2.0 (1.0–5.0)

3.0 (1.0–5.0)

  1. ICS Inhaled corticosteroids, LTRA Leukotriene receptor antagonist, SES Socio-economic Status