Demographic Characteristics of Individuals Randomized by Enrollment Status
The difference between individuals who were enrolled and those who were randomized but not enrolled was significant at Other race and ethnicity includes Asian, multiracial, and “other,” as reported by the programs. Results for those categorized as other were combined because the small numbers could result in participant identification.For the total participants enrolled, 227 (93.4%) were linked deterministically to their CMS data; 16 participants (6.6%) could not be deterministically linked to the CMS data (6 in the daily-delivered meals group and 10 in the drop-shipped frozen meals group). There were no statistically significant differences in baseline characteristics between linked and nonlinked participants.Comparing participants by study arm, the majority of participants were female (78 [67.8%] for drop-shipped frozen meals and 74 [57.8%] for daily-delivered meals) and White (64 [55.7%] for drop-shipped frozen meals and 64 [50.0%] for daily-delivered meals) (