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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of LIFT Diabetes participants by enrollment status

From: The use of electronic medical records for recruitment in clinical trials: findings from the Lifestyle Intervention for Treatment of Diabetes trial

Characteristic

Total screened participants

Non-enrolled participants

Enrolled participants

P value

Phone screen eligible, N

1102

842

260

 

 Age, years

55.0 ± 11.6

54.7 ± 11.8

56.3 ± 10.7

0.054

 Female, n (%)

674 (62.9)

502 (61.8)

172 (66.2)

0.21

 Race/ethnicity

   

0.012

  Non-Hispanic black

584 (55.0)

459 (57.3)

125 (48.1)

 

  Non-Hispanic white

391 (36.9)

273 (34.1)

118 (45.4)

 

  Hispanic

31 (2.9)

25 (3.1)

6 (2.3)

 

  Other (NA, AN, AI, Asian, PI)

55 (5.2)

44 (5.5)

11 (4.2)

 

Screening visit eligible, N

407

147

260

 

 Age, years

55.3 ± 10.7

53.7 ± 10.3

56.3 ± 10.7

0.033

 Female, n (%)

264 (64.9)

92 (62.6)

172 (66.2)

0.47

 Race/ethnicity

   

0.054

  Non-Hispanic black

206 (50.6)

81 (55.1)

125 (48.1)

 

  Non-Hispanic white

168 (41.3)

50 (34.0)

118 (45.4)

 

  Hispanic

15 (3.7)

9 (6.1)

6 (2.3)

 

  Other (NA, AN, AI, Asian, PI)

18 (4.4)

7 (4.8)

11 (4.2)

 

 Smoking status, n (%)

   

0.44

  Current

67 (16.8)

27 (19.4)

40 (15.4)

 

  Former

125 (31.3)

39 (28.1)

86 (33.1)

 

  Never

207 (51.9)

73 (52.5)

134 (51.5)

 

 Body mass index, kg/m2

38.1 ± 8.8

38.7 ± 9.3

37.8 ± 8.5

0.33

 Body mass index categories, kg/m2

   

0.65

  25–29.9

74 (18.3)

24 (16.7)

50 (19.2)

 

  30–34.9

125 (30.9)

41 (28.5)

84 (32.3)

 

  35–39.9

88 (21.8)

35 (24.3)

53 (20.4)

 

   ≥ 40

117 (29.0)

44 (30.6)

73 (28.1)

 

 Diabetes medication use, n (%)

325 (79.9)

100 (68.0)

225 (86.5)

<0.0001

 Hypertension medication use, n (%)

303 (74.5)

94 (63.9)

209 (80.4)

<0.001

 Lipid-lowering medication use, n (%)

208 (51.1)

60 (40.8)

148 (56.9)

0.002

 HbA1c

7.8 ± 1.7

8.1 ± 2.1

7.6 ± 1.3

0.57

 Duration of diabetes, years

8.6 ± 8.0

8.8 ± 8.5

8.5 ± 7.8

0.99

 Estimated GFR, ml/min/1.73 m2

92.4 ± 22.2

93 ± 22

92.1 ± 22.3

0.23

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

127.1 ± 16.7

128.6 ± 18.4

126.3 ± 15.7

0.37

 Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

77.0 ± 10.4

78.8 ± 10.3

76.1 ± 10.3

0.046

 Triglycerides, mg/dl

169.8 ± 106.0

172.3 ± 114.2

168.5 ± 101.7

0.88

  1. Data are mean ± SD or number (percentage)
  2. AI American Indian, AN Alaskan native, GFR glomerular filtration rate, NA Native American, PI Pacific Islander