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Table 2 Description of patient sample at baseline

From: Tailored implementation of cardiovascular risk management in general practice: a cluster randomized trial

 

Intervention group (n = 1250)

Control group (n = 979)

 

Total

Patients with high cardiovascular risk

Patients with cardiovascular disease

Total

Patients with high cardiovascular risk

Patients with cardiovascular disease

Women (%)

35.1

32.1

38.4

34.9

31.7

38.5

Mean age (SD)

72.6 (9.7)

75.1 (6.4)

69.6 (11.8)

71.6 (9.7)

74.0 (6.5)

68.9 (11.7)

Education low (%)

39.8

38.3

41.6

43.0

42.0

44.0

Education medium (%)

31.7

30.7

32.8

32.1

30.0

34.5

Education high (%)

28.5

31.0

25.6

24.9

28.0

21.5

Hypertension (%)

59.9

67.7

51.1

59.2

65.6

52.0

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

18.4

16.6

20.4

20.2

16.1

24.8

BMI >25 (%)

30.2

29.4

31.3

30.6

29.3

32.4

Recorded smokers (%)

10.4

7.2

13.8

10.5

8.9

12.2

Other chronic disease (%)

14.8

12.9

16.9

14.5

13.0

16.0

No depression (%)

74.4

79.2

68.8

75.6

85.4

64.9

Mild depression (%)

23.6

19.1

28.7

22.7

13.6

32.7

Severe depression (%)

2.0

1.7

2.5

1.7

1.0

2.4