Table 1 Dataset summary statistics. The ‘high blood pressure group’ refers to patients with systolic blood pressure (SBP) over 160 mmHg. Patients who report SDoH refers to patients who indicate a social need in any of the 8 domains surveyed by Thrive. Lower income patients are those whose household income is below the median among all patients in the dataset
From: Accounting for racial bias and social determinants of health in a model of hypertension control
Demographics | Value | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
All patients N = 164041 | Patients with SBP record > 160 mmHg M = 59306 (36.15% of N) | ||
Mean age | 57.7 | 64.2 | 0 |
Median age | 59.0 | 64.0 | |
Female | 85924 (52.38% of N) | 31677 (53.41% of M) | < 0.001 |
Male | 78110 (47.62% of N) | 27628 (46.59% of M) | < .001 |
White Patients | 56218 (34.27% of N) | 16443 (27.73% of M) | 0 |
Black Patients | 59353 (36.18% of N) | 27339 (46.10% of M) | 0 |
Patients who report SDoH | 9317 (5.68% of N) | 5296 (8.93% of M) | 0 |
Patients with lower income (< $53,798 per year) | 65967 (40.21% of N) | 26937 (45.42% of M) | < 0.001 |