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. 2024 Nov 19;16(11):e74012. doi: 10.7759/cureus.74012

Table 1. Demographic characteristics and comorbidities of patients pre-BPA and post-BPA.

BPA: Best practice advisory 

p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant

  Pre-BPA Post-BPA p-value
Total: 447 patients 178 269 <1.000
Age      
18-34 years 3 1 <0.3519
35-49 years 2 6 <0.6172
50-64 years 29 47 <0.8442
65-79 years 78 110 <0.6058
>80 years 66 105 <0.7513
Male 102 168 <0.3216
Female 76 101 <0.3216
Race      
White 168 244 <0.2163
Black 0 0 <1.000
Hispanic 0 0 <1.000
Asian 1 0 <0.3982
Other 9 25 <0.1409
Ethnicity      
Not Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin 176 258 <0.1237
Hispanic, Latino/a, or Spanish origin 2 5 <0.8229
Hispanic or Latino/a 0 0 <1.000
Declined to answer 0 0 <1.000
Other 0 6 <0.0855
Comorbidities      
Coronary artery disease 102 149 <0.6898
Congestive heart failure 141 216 <0.7799
Hypertension 89 133 <0.9081
Diabetes mellitus type 2 86 133 <0.8154