Table 1 Characteristics of hypertensive patients according to whether they attended public or private clinics (n = 343)
From: Are primary care practitioners in Barbados following hypertension guidelines? - a chart audit
Categorical Characteristic | Number with characteristic | Proportion (%) | Proportion (%) attending public clinic N = 170 | Proportion (%) attending private clinic N = 173 | P value by Chi Square |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender:% male | 128 | 38 | 27 | 48 | < .01 |
% female | 213 | 63 | 73 | 52 | |
Have diabetes* | 54 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 1.00 |
Have vascular disease | 43 | 13 | 18 | 8 | < .01 |
Have heart failure | 17 | 5 | 6 | 4 | .43 |
Have osteoarthritis | 64 | 19 | 27 | 11 | < .01 |
On thiazide† | 240 | 70 | 70 | 70 | .99 |
On indapamide‡ | 89 | 26 | 24 | 28 | .31 |
On beta blocker | 64 | 19 | 23 | 15 | .04 |
On calcium channel blocker | 145 | 42 | 42 | 42 | .98 |
On ACE inhibitor§ | 138 | 40 | 39 | 42 | .57 |
On alpha blocker | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .29 |
On centrally acting BP drug | 38 | 11 | 13 | 9 | .28 |
On vasodilator | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .57 |
On ARBװ | 40 | 12 | 6 | 17 | < .01 |
On statin | 79 | 23 | 24 | 22 | .64 |
On aspirin | 58 | 17 | 16 | 18 | .62 |
Continuous Characteristic | Number with valid data | Mean (SD) | Mean attending public clinic | Mean attending private clinic | P value by t-test |
Age (years) | 342 | 64(12) | 66 | 63 | .08 |
Weight (kg) | 274 | 82(21) | 77 | 87 | < .01 |
Clinic visits/yr | 340 | 4.7(1.8) | 5.0 | 4.5 | < .01 |
Years since clinic diagnosis | 333 | 9.1(6.1) | 11.7 | 6.5 | < .01 |