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Table 1 Patient demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Observational vignette study to examine patient and healthcare provider perceived impact of asthma-related exacerbations in the US

Demographics

Patients (N = 302)

Age, years, mean (SD)

48.2 (16.7)

Gender, female, n (%)

184 (60.9)

Racea, n (%)

 White

234 (77.5)

 Black or African American

30 (9.9)

 Otherb

40 (13.2)

Health insurancea, n (%)

 Commercial

194 (64.2)

 Medicare

77 (25.5)

 Medicaid

32 (10.6)

 Federal Employee Health Benefits

17 (5.6)

 Otherc

17 (5.6)

Education, n (%)

 (Some) high school or equivalent

25 (8.3)

 (Some) college

106 (35.1)

 Graduate school/degree

169 (56.0)

2016 household income, n (%)

 < $50,000

89 (29.5)

 $50,000–$99,999

124 (41.1)

 ≥ $100,000

66 (21.9)

 Chose not to answer

23 (7.6)

Clinical characteristics

Number of years with asthma, n (%)

 < 1–10 years

90 (29.8)

 11–19 years

56 (18.5)

 ≥ 20 years

156 (51.7)

Comorbiditiesa, n (%)

 Hypertension

95 (31.5)

 High cholesterol

91 (30.1)

 Anxiety

90 (29.8)

 Depression

88 (29.1)

 Obesity

78 (25.8)

 Type 2 diabetes

31 (10.3)

 Cardiovascular disease

8 (2.6)

Current controller medication, n (%)

233 (77.2)

Current rescue medication, n (%)

239 (79.1)

  1. Data may not add up to 100% due to rounding and the ability of the respondent to select multiple responses
  2. aRespondent could select more than one response. bOther includes: Asian, American Indian or Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, other race, or chose not to answer. cOther includes: no coverage, unknown or chose not to answer
  3. SD standard deviation