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Table 1 Socioeconomic Status and clinical characteristics of patients with CD or UC

From: Racial or ethnic differences on treatment adherence and persistence among patients with inflammatory bowel diseases initiated with biologic therapies

 

CD (N = 1430)

UC (N = 1059)

Parameters

White

African American

Hispanic

Asian

White

African American

Hispanic

Asian

N (%)

1149 (80.3)

150 (10.5)

87 (6.1)

44 (3.1)

829 (78.3)

103 (9.7)

95 (9.0)

32 (3.0)

Age at index (mean, SD)

42.1 (16.6)

42.8 (17.5)

40.2 (14.5)

35.7 (12.1)

45.5 (17.4)

44.6 (16.8)

40.8 (16.9)

38.7 (13.9)

Gender, n (%)

 Male

572 (49.8)

75 (50.0)

45 (51.7)

26 (59.1)

438 (52.8)

50 (48.5)

54 (56.8)

21 (65.6)

 Female

577 (50.2)

75 (50.0)

42 (48.3)

18 (40.9)

391 (47.2)

53 (51.5)

41 (43.2)

11 (34.4)

Region, n (%)

 Northeast

113 (9.8)

8 (5.3)

6 (6.9)

4 (9.1)

92 (11.1)

3 (2.9)

4 (4.2)

5 (15.6)

 Midwest

431 (37.5)

29 (19.3)

11 (12.6)

10 (22.7)

239 (28.8)

15 (14.6)

7 (7.4)

7 (21.9)

 South

409 (35.6)

102 (68.0)

42 (48.3)

14 (31.8)

346 (41.7)

78 (75.7)

56 (58.9)

6 (18.8)

 West

195 (17.0)

10 (6.7)

28 (32.2)

14 (31.8)

148 (17.9)

6 (5.8)

28 (29.5)

12 (37.5)

 Unknown

1 (0.1)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

2 (4.5)

4 (0.5)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (6.3)

Education level, n (%)

  < High school

165 (14.4)

56 (37.3)

24 (27.6)

4 (9.1)

125 (15.1)

35 (34.0)

21 (22.1)

1 (3.1)

  < Bachelors

662 (57.6)

74 (49.3)

49 (56.3)

15 (34.1)

471 (56.8)

58 (56.3)

57 (60.0)

13 (40.6)

 Bachelors + 

320 (27.9)

20 (13.3)

14 (16.1)

25 (56.8)

230 (27.7)

10 (9.7)

16 (16.8)

18 (56.3)

 Unknown

2 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

Household income, n (%)

  < $40 K

151 (13.1)

48 (32.0)

15 (17.2)

4 (9.1)

85 (10.3)

24 (23.3)

15 (15.8)

2 (6.3)

 $40-49 K

55 (4.8)

16 (10.7)

12 (13.8)

1 (2.3)

33 (4.0)

8 (7.8)

7 (7.4)

3 (9.4)

 $50-59 K

66 (5.7)

18 (12.0)

3 (3.4)

0 (0.0)

57 (6.9)

8 (7.8)

7 (7.4)

2 (6.3)

 $60-79 K

96 (8.4)

8 (5.3)

8 (9.2)

4 (9.1)

73 (8.8)

9 (8.7)

12 (12.6)

1 (3.1)

 $75-99 K

156 (13.6)

13 (8.7)

11 (12.6)

5 (11.4)

113 (13.6)

17 (16.5)

18 (18.9)

7 (21.9)

 $100 K + 

489 (42.6)

28 (18.7)

26 (29.9)

17 (38.6)

384 (46.3)

18 (17.5)

22 (22.2)

9 (28.1)

 Unknown

136 (11.8)

19 (12.7)

12 (13.8)

13 (29.5)

84 (10.1)

19 (18.4)

14 (14.7)

8 (25.0)

Housing, n (%)

 Homeowner

814 (70.8)

86 (57.3)

47 (54.0)

24 (54.5)

633 (76.4)

56 (54.4)

64 (67.4)

15 (46.9)

 Non-homeowner

102 (8.9)

29 (19.3)

20 (23.0)

2 (4.5)

66 (8.0)

16 (15.5)

11 (11.6)

6 (18.8)

 Unknown

233 (20.3)

35 (23.3)

20 (23.0)

18 (40.9)

130 (15.7)

31 (30.1)

20 (21.1)

11 (34.4)

Insurance type, n (%)

 HMO

148 (12.9)

17 (11.3)

14 (16.1)

4 (9.1)

97 (11.7)

13 (12.6)

11 (11.6)

4 (12.5)

 PPO

30 (2.6)

10 (6.7)

1 (1.1)

2 (4.5)

19 (2.3)

3 (2.9)

1 (1.1)

2 (6.3)

 POS

755 (65.7)

89 (59.3)

52 (59.8)

35 (79.5)

526 (63.4)

61 (59.2)

53 (55.8)

20 (62.5)

 Other

216 (18.8)

34 (22.7)

20 (23.0)

3 (6.8)

187 (22.6)

26 (25.2)

30 (31.6)

6 (18.8)

QCI, mean (SD)

0.6 (1.2)

0.7 (1.2)

0.4 (0.9)

0.5 (1.0)

0.7 (1.5)

1 (1.8)

0.5 (0.9)

0.6 (1.4)

General comorbid conditions, n (%)

 Abdominal pain

724 (63.0)

97 (64.7)

58 (66.7)

32 (72.7)

449 (54.2)

55 (53.4)

55 (57.9)

12 (25.5)

 Diarrhoea

534 (46.5)

65 (43.3)

43 (49.4)

18 (40.9)

558 (67.3)

63 (61.2)

54 (56.8)

18 (38.3)

 Anaemia

359 (31.2)

67 (44.7)

24 (27.6)

15 (34.1)

279 (33.7)

39 (37.9)

32 (33.7)

14 (29.8)

 Nausea and vomiting

328 (28.5)

63 (42.0)

27 (31.0)

12 (27.3)

178 (21.5)

22 (21.4)

21 (22.1)

3 (6.4)

 Hypertension

267 (23.2)

50 (33.3)

15 (17.2)

4 (9.1)

224 (27.0)

37 (35.9)

22 (23.2)

4 (8.5)

 Anxiety

252 (21.9)

34 (22.7)

15 (17.2)

2 (4.5)

161 (19.4)

11 (10.7)

13 (13.7)

3 (6.4)

 Hyperlipidemia

223 (19.4)

38 (25.3)

16 (18.4)

4 (9.1)

241 (29.1)

28 (27.2)

21 (22.1)

6 (12.8)

 Depression

197 (17.1)

24 (16.0)

8 (9.2)

5 (11.4)

106 (12.8)

8 (7.8)

12 (12.6)

2 (4.3)

 Bloating

112 (9.7)

14 (9.3)

12 (13.8)

4 (9.1)

68 (8.2)

6 (5.8)

10 (10.5)

2 (4.3)

 Cardiovascular disease

94 (8.2)

14 (9.3)

7 (8.0)

1 (2.3)

63 (7.6)

11 (10.7)

8 (8.4)

0 (0.0)

 Diabetes

87 (7.6)

17 (11.3)

8 (9.2)

1 (2.3)

85 (10.3)

16 (15.5)

10 (10.5)

2 (4.3)

Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, n (%)

 Rheumatoid arthritis

29 (2.5)

7 (4.7)

4 (4.6)

0 (0.0)

22 (2.7)

4 (3.9)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

 Psoriatic arthritis

11 (1.0)

1 (0.7)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

12 (1.4)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Psoriasis

38 (3.3)

4 (2.7)

1 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

21 (2.5)

2 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Surgery, n (%)

181 (15.8)

21 (14.0)

18 (20.7)

6 (13.6)

38 (4.6)

10 (9.7)

6 (6.3)

4 (8.5)

Medication use, n (%)

 Opioids

594 (51.7)

81 (54.0)

45 (51.7)

16 (36.4)

345 (41.6)

42 (40.8)

29 (30.5)

14 (29.8)

 Antibiotics

393 (34.2)

51 (34.0)

28 (32.2)

14 (31.8)

255 (30.8)

31 (30.1)

27 (28.4)

7 (14.9)

 5-Aminosalicylates

258 (22.5)

37 (24.7)

27 (31.0)

11 (25.0)

580 (70.0)

72 (69.9)

72 (75.8)

23 (48.9)

 Steroids

794 (69.1)

114 (76.0)

55 (63.2)

31 (70.5)

671 (80.9)

78 (75.7)

75 (78.9)

26 (55.3)

 Immunomodulators

225 (19.6)

22 (14.7)

15 (17.2)

14 (31.8)

146 (17.6)

19 (18.4)

12 (12.6)

12 (25.5)

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