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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population, by tertile of social cohesion

From: Association between neighborhood social cohesion, awareness of chronic diseases, and participation in healthy behaviors in a community cohort

Characteristics

Alla

Tertile 1 Social Cohesion Score

Tertile 2 Social Cohesion Score

Tertile 3 Social Cohesion score

P Value

 

range: 1.-0–3.0

range: 3.2–3.6

range: 3.7–5.0

N = 2082

N = 792

N = 565

N = 561

Overall Mean NSC (SD)

3.29 (0.80)

2.55 (0.51)

3.39 (0.16)

4.24 (0.38)

 

Age, mean (SD)

56.5 (9.1)

55.8 (9.0)

56.9 (9.0)

56.9 (9.4)

0.03

Female, N (%)

1133 (59.1)

492 (62.1)

300 (53.1)

341 (60.8)

0.002

Race/ethnicity, N (%)

    

< 0.001

 White

792 (38.7)

325 (41.0)

183 (32.3)

241 (43.0)

 

 African American

1278 (61.4)

467 (59.0)

382 (67.6)

320 (57.0)

 

Educational attainment, N (%)

    

< 0.001

  < High school

604 (32.3)

283 (36.7)

197 (35.6)

124 (22.6)

 

 High school graduate

1023 (54.6)

418 (54.2)

300 (54.3)

305 (55.7)

 

 College graduate

245 (13.1)

70 (9.1)

56 (10.1)

119 (21.7)

 

Poverty (< 125% poverty level), N (%)

755 (39.4)

356 (45.0)

228 (40.4)

171 (30.5)

< 0.001

Low health literacy, N (%)

264 (12.7)

99 (17.2)

79 (18.3)

57 (12.7)

0.05

Has health insurance, N (%)

1351 (64.9)

490 (61.9)

359 (63.5)

398 (70.9)

0.002

Regular source of healthcare, N (%)

1290 (68.8)

477 (61.7)

343 (62.0)

373 (68.0)

0.04

Diagnosed diabetes, N (%)

504 (26.3)

216 (27.3)

121 (21.4)

114 (20.4)

0.005

Diagnosed hypertension, N (%)

1340 (70.0)

510 (64.4)

371 (65.8)

344 (61.5)

0.32

BMI, mean (SD)

30.9 (7.9)

31.2 (8.1)

30.6 (7.2)

30.7 (7.9)

0.36

Hemoglobin A1c, mean (SD)

6.2 (1.3)

6.2 (1.3)

6.2 (1.2)

6.1 (1.3)

0.36

SBP (mmHg), mean (SD)

117.3 (20.3)

117.4 (19.8)

117.7 (19.3)

116.3 (21.8)

0.39

DBP (mmHg), mean (SD)

65.6 (11.1)

65.7 (10.6)

65.8 (10.4)

64.7 (12.2)

0.15

eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2), mean (SD)

80.8 (18.5)

81.0 (18.1)

80.4 (18.3)

81.4 (18.7)

0.62

eGFR < 60 min/min/1.73m2, N (%)

271 (58.9)

113 (61.4)

85 (58.6)

73 (55.7)

0.39

Albuminuria (mg/g), median (IQR)

5.5 (3.5, 12.8)

5.5 (3.5, 12.6)

5.4 (3.5, 13.9)

5.1 (3.2, 11.3)

0.42

Albuminuria > 30 mg/g, N (%)

263 (13.9)

110 (14.1)

83 (14.8)

70 (12.7)

0.59

  1. aAmong the entire cohort, n = 2082 for all rows except: Age: (n = 1917), Educational attainment (total n = 2034), Health literacy (total n = 1558), Regular source of healthcare (total n = 2036); Diagnosed hypertension (total n = 207), Diagnosed diabetes (total n = 2081), BMI (n = 1903), Hemoglobin A1c (total n = 1893), SBP and DBP (total n = 1910), eGFR (n = 1904), albuminuria total (n = 1893). Approximately 91.7% of the population (n = 1918) answered questions about social cohesion
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