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Table 1 Characteristics of patients by FFIEC geocoding designated income level

From: Census tract based income level and lipid levels in urban pediatric primary care: a retrospective study

Characteristics

 

Income

Levela

  
 

Low (N = 172)

Moderate (N = 324)

Middle (N = 166)

High (N = 68)

P-value

Age, mean (SD)

14.0 (3.3)

13.4 (3.4)

13.5 (3.3)

14.3 (3.3)

0.07

Male, No. (%)

82 (47.7)

156 (48.1)

84 (50.6)

22 (32.3)

0.07

Any Medical diagnosis, No. (%)

114 (66.3)

209 (64.5)

125 (75.3)

43 (69.1)

0.10

Any current Medications, No. (%)

67 (38.9)

121 (37.3)

77 (46.4)

38 (55.9)

0.02

BMI percentile, mean (sd)

75.2 (25.9)

77.6 (24.9)

75.9 (27.0)

69.1 (28.3)

0.11

Raceb,c

     

Caucasian, No. (%)

8 (12.7)

16 (25.4)

20 (31.7)

19 (30.2)

 

African American, No. (%)

108 (25.3)

203 (47.6)

91 (21.4)

24 (5.6)

 

Hispanic, No. (%)

51 (26.1)

88 (45.1)

41 (21.0)

15 (7.7)

 

Other/ Unknown, No. (%)

5 (10.9)

17 (37.0)

14 (30.4)

10 (21.7)

 
     

< .001

Health insurance typed

     

Private, No. (%)

45 (26.6)

95 (30.3)

75 (46.0)

40 (58.8)

 

Public, No. (%)

124 (73.4)

218 (69.7)

87 (54.0)

28 (41.2)

 
     

< .001

  1. aIncome level definitions: Low income level- estimated family median income <50 % of national median; Moderate income level- estimated family median income >/=50- <80 % of national median; Middle income level- estimated family median income >/=80-120 % of national median; Upper income level- estimated family median income >120 % of national median. https://www.ffiec.gov/census/htm/2010CensusInfoSheet.htm
  2. bSelf-identified race/ ethnicity by parent/ guardian or patient as recorded in their electronic medical record
  3. cχ29 = 62, p < .0001 Caucasian and Other tended to be in the Middle and High categories compared with Hispanic and African American
  4. dχ23 = 37.3 Private insurance was more prevalent in higher income categories