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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Participants

From: “I was able to eat what I am supposed to eat”-- patient reflections on a medically-tailored meal intervention: a qualitative analysis

 

N = 20

Age, years, mean (sd))

57.6 (12.6)

Female, N (%)

12 (60.0)

Race/Ethnicity, N (%)

 Non-Hispanic white

13 (65.0)

 Non-Hispanic black

4 (20.0)

 Hispanic

3 (15.0)

Education, N (%)

 < HS Diploma

1 (5.0)

 HS diploma

4 (20.0)

 > HS diploma

15 (75.0)

Income as Percent of Federal Poverty, mean (sd))

147 (54)

Insurance, N (%)

 Private

3 (15.0)

 Medicaid

5 (25.0)

 Dual

12 (60.0)

Born outside US, N (%)

8 (40.0)

Duration of Diabetes, years, mean (sd))

12.9 (9.6)

Hypoglycemia in last 3 moa, N (%)

8 (40.0)

Reports cost related medication underuseb, N (%)

5 (25.0)

Reports making food and diabetes medication/supplies tradeoffsc, N (%)

6 (30.0)

SNAP participation in last 12 mod, N (%)

14 (70.0)

Self-reported health status ‘excellent or very good’e, N (%)

12 (60.0)

Baseline Hemoglobin A1c, %, mean (sd))

8.0 (1.6)

Baseline Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd))

109.6 (42.9)

Baseline Total Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd))

186.3 (46.8)

Baseline High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (sd))

45.3 (12.4)

Baseline Triglycerides, mg/dL, mean (sd))

157.4 (84.1)

Baseline Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg, mean (sd))

134.4 (23.6)

Baseline Diastolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg, mean (sd))

80.3 (10.3)

Baseline Body Mass Index, kg/m2, mean (sd))

34.7 (6.2)

  1. aIndicates self-report of symptomatic hypoglycemia, with or without requiring assistance from others; bindicates self-report of not taking medications as prescribed, taking less medication, or not filling medications owing to cost; cindicates self-report of putting off buying food in order to buy diabetes medications or supplies, or vice versa; dSNAP = supplemental nutrition assistance program; eresponse options are ‘excellent’, ‘very good’, ‘good’, ‘fair’, or ‘poor’