Table 2

Proportion of patients with well controlled BP by level of quality of care received

Group

N

% <140/90 (Standard error)

P-value

Optimal quality

Sub-optimal quality

All

1,953

44.9 (2.0)

35.1 (2.0)

.0006

Female

1,070

41.2 (2.5)

37.5 (2.7)

.3209

Male

883

48.9 (2.8)

32.7 (3.0)

.0001

Age <= 50

627

49.5 (3.4)

39.1 (3.0)

.0234

Age > 50

1,326

43.4 (2.4)

32.2 (2.7)

.0020

Diabetes

372

48.5 (3.7)

43.9 (5.4)

.4797

No diabetes

1,581

44.0 (2.2)

33.5 (2.2)

.0008

CAD

337

43.6 (3.9)

38.4 (6.3)

.4835

No CAD

1,616

45.3 (2.3)

34.8 (2.1)

.0007

Hyperlipidemia

604

47.4 (3.3)

39.7 (4.2)

.1496

No hyperlipidemia

1,349

43.5 (2.4)

33.7 (2.3)

.0033

CAD, DM, or hyperlipidemia

918

46.2 (2.7)

41.9 (3.5)

.3237

Smoker

352

47.6 (4.7)

37.9 (4.1)

.1218

Nonsmoker

1,601

44.4 (2.1)

34.3 (2.4)

.0015

Asch et al. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2005 5:1   doi:10.1186/1471-2261-5-1