Perspectives on the impact of painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy in a multicultural population

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patient populations

Variable	Value
	Caucasians (n = 823)	African-Americans (n = 525)	Hispanics (n = 537)
Sex, %
Male	43	48	42
Female	57	52	58
Age, years, mean	55.7^ab	41.0	37.0
Age distribution, %
18–29 years	3^ab	25^b	21
30–39 years	9^ab	24	38
40–49 years	16^b	20	24
50–59 year	30^ab	18^b	12
60–69 years	30^ab	10^b	6
≥ 70 years	12^ab	3^b	1
Marital status, %
Married or living as married	57^ab	45^b	72
Living with domestic partner	4^ab	11	8
Single, never married	14^ab	30	16
Widowed	5^b	4^b	2
Separated	2^b	3^b	1
Divorced	18^ab	7^b	2
Education, %
Less than high school	4^b	6	7
High school	22^b	25	42^a
Some college—no degree	31^b	28	20^a
Associate’s degree	16^b	15	9^a
Bachelor’s degree	17	18	19
Post-graduate degree	10^b	8	2^a
Employment status, %
Employed	38^ab	65	69
Retired	31^ab	12^b	4
Disabled	19^ab	10^b	2
Stay-at-home parent/spouse	9^ab	5^b	15
Unemployed, looking for work	2^ab	4	5
Unemployed, not looking for work	2^b	2	4
Full time student	< 1^b	1	2
Annual income, mean	$52,300^b	$53,700^b	$58,500
Insurance, %
Medicare	44^ab	16^b	8
Medicaid	14^b	18	20
Private	33^ab	47	52
Other	6^ab	3	2
No insurance	4^ab	15	18

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