Table 2

Percentage of visits which included lifestyle counseling, after stratification for stage of diagnosis, age, patient gender and GP gender

Assessment

Advice

Total

Stage of diagnosis

Established hypertension (n = 165)

32

12

35

Early phase† (n = 20)

45

25

50

Other/unknown (n = 27)

56

37

63

P (difference)

0.04

0.003

0.01

Age

<65y (n = 92)

41

19

44

=>65y (n = 120)

33

15

37

P (difference)

0.19

0.50

0.32

Patient gender

Male (n = 71)

39

24

42

Female (n = 141)

35

13

38

P (difference)

0.50

0.04

0.58

GP gender (per visit)

Male (n = 157)

38

17

41

Female (n = 55)

33

14

36

P (difference)

0.52

0.65

0.57

† Elevated blood pressure in one or more visits but diagnosis hypertension not (yet) established.

Milder et al. BMC Family Practice 2008 9:58   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-58