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Table 2 Demographic and health history characteristics of patients in retrieved medical charts

From: Patterns of hydroxyurea use and clinical outcomes among patients with polycythemia vera in real-world clinical practice: a chart review

 

Total patient sample (N = 1309)

Years of age

 

 Mean ± SD

62.5 ± 12.2

Sex, n (%)

 

 Male

816 (62.3)

 Female

493 (37.7)

BMI

 

 Mean ± SD

25.9 ± 4.6

Deceased, n (%)

 

 No

1291 (98.6)

 Yes

18 (1.4)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 

 Non-Hispanic white

864 (66.0)

 Non-Hispanic black

171 (13.1)

 Hispanic

161 (12.3)

 Multiracial/other

82 (6.3)

 Unknown race/ethnicity

31 (2.4)

Employment status, n (%)

 

 Employed

496 (37.9)

 Retired/unemployed

629 (48.1)

 On disability

59 (4.5)

 Unknown

125 (9.6)

Insurance status, n (%)

 

 Private insurance

562 (42.9)

 Medicare

500 (38.2)

 Medicaid

126 (9.6)

 VA

36 (2.8)

 State health exchange

33 (2.5)

 Uninsured

27 (2.1)

 TRICARE

16 (1.2)

 Unknown

106 (8.1)

Charlson comorbidity index

 

 Mean ± SD

0.6 ± 0.8

Number of treated comorbidities

 

 Mean ± SD

1.6 ± 1.2

  1. BMI body mass index, VA veterans affairs