Table 1.

Characteristics by Group at Baseline, (N = 1,196)

	Control		Intervention
Clinical Characteristics	No.	%	No.	%	PValue
*Among patients who were eligible.
Group	596	49.8	600	50.2
Sex					.88
Male	129	21.6	132	22.0
Female	467	78.4	468	78.0
Age, years					.38
50–56	212	35.6	232	38.7
57–63	196	32.9	199	33.1
64–75	188	31.5	169	28.3
Race-ethnicity					.0009
African American	144	24.2	204	34.0
White	307	51.5	272	45.3
Hispanic	145	24.3	124	20.7
Marital status					.003
Married	142	23.8	189	31.5
Unmarried	454	76.2	411	68.5
Primary language					.23
English	464	77.8	484	80.7
Non-English (Spanish)	132	22.2	116	19.3
Health insurance					.48
County program	354	59.4	346	57.7
Medicaid	83	13.9	101	16.8
Medicare	122	20.5	112	18.7
Other	37	06.2	41	06.8
Smoking status					.61
Smoker	163	27.4	172	28.7
Nonsmoker	433	72.6	428	71.3
Health maintenance visit in past year					.16
Yes	329	55.2	307	48.8
No	267	44.8	293	51.2
Charlson comorbidity score					<.0001
0	249	41.8	175	29.2
1	129	21.7	146	24.3
2	120	20.1	156	26.0
>3	98	16.4	123	20.5
Chronic illnesses					<.0001
0–4	214	35.9	127	21.2
5–7	233	39.1	235	39.2
> 8	149	25.0	238	39.6
Medications prescribed					<.0001
0–5	272	45.6	110	18.3
6–8	182	30.5	153	25.5
> 9	142	23.8	337	56.2
Health care visits in past year					<.0001
0–4	213	35.7	150	25.0
5–7	185	31.0	185	30.8
> 8	198	33.2	265	44.2
Papanicolaou smear in past year*					.33
Yes	148	57.6	151	61.9
No	109	42.4	93	38.1
Mammogram in past year*					.13
Yes	337	75.9	325	71.4
No	107	24.1	130	28.6
Fecal occult blood test in past year*					<.0001
Yes	109	22.1	180	35.9
No	384	77.9	321	64.1