Table 4.

Association between demographic characteristics and physician practice patterns in managing CVD* patients

	Family Physicians	p-value	General Internists	p-value	Overall*	p-value
Years in practice
10 or less	.56 (n = 155)	0.03	.60 (n = 91)	0.02	.58 (n = 246)	< 0.01
Greater than 10	.52 (n = 406)		.53 (n = 235)		.52 (n = 641)
Percent of patients with hypertension or dyslipidemia
25% or less per week	.57(n = 196)	< 0.01	.61 (n = 64)	0.02	.58 (n = 260)	< 0.01
Greater than 25% per week	.51 (n = 363)		.53 (n = 262)		.52 (n = 625)
Geographic location
Urban/Suburban	.53 (n = 323)	0.79	.55 (n = 260)	0.98	.54 (n = 583)	0.54
Rural	.52 (n = 156)		.55 (n = 30)		.53 (n = 186)

*CVD, cardiovascular disease

†Overall refers to the combined results of family physicians and general internists

‡Scores calculated as mean correct identification to clinical case questions