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. 2009 Jul;55(7):719–727.

Table 2.

Patient demographics by model of care: A) All patients; B) Patients with hypertension.

A)
MODEL
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS CHC, MEAN (SD) FFS, MEAN (SD) PCN, MEAN (SD) OVERALL, MEAN (SD) P VALUE
Female, % 58.7 (16.0) 54.6 (16.5) 59.6 (18.7) 57.6 (17.1) .33
Age at date of abstraction, y 54.1 (5.7) 56.3 (4.2) 55.5 (3.9) 55.3 (4.7) .08
Socioeconomic status, %
 • Income quintile 1 (lowest)* 40.0 (23.3) 15.4 (13.1) 16.9 (12.8) 24.1 (20.4) < .01
 • Income quintile 2 21.8 (12.7) 22.1 (9.7) 19.3 (10.9) 21.1 (11.2) .44
 • Income quintile 3* 14.7 (8.8) 20.0 (10.6) 18.9 (11.1) 17.9 (10.4) .04
 • Income quintile 4* 12.6 (11.8) 19.5 (9.7) 20.3 (11.4) 17.5 (11.5) < .01
 • Income quintile 5 (highest)* 10.8 (11.4) 23.0 (13.6) 24.5 (20.4) 19.4 (16.7) < .01
Cardiovascular-related comorbidities, %
 • Dyslipidemia 31.5 (13.3) 34.4 (16.5) 33.3 (12.7) 33.1 (14.2) .63
 • Stroke 2.4 (2.8) 2.7 (3.3) 2.3 (2.8) 2.5 (3.0) .80
 • Transient ischemic attack 2.0 (3.1) 1.5 (2.1) 1.7 (2.2) 1.7 (2.5) .64
 • Angina 5.1 (6.0) 6.0 (5.2) 6.2 (6.3) 5.8 (5.8) .67
 • Myocardial infarction 4.9 (4.9) 4.4 (5.6) 4.8 (6.3) 4.7 (5.6) .88
 • Congestive heart failure 2.3 (3.3) 1.7 (2.9) 1.4 (2.4) 1.8 (2.9) .35
 • Atrial fibrillation 2.1 (3.3) 2.8 (4.3) 2.6 (3.0) 2.5 (3.6) .63
 • Coronary artery bypass graft 1.4 (2.7) 1.7 (2.5) 2.1 (4.0) 1.7 (3.1) .65
 • Previous angioplasty or stent 1.8 (2.6) 1.3 (2.8) 2.5 (3.4) 1.9 (3.0) .15
 • Peripheral vascular disease 3.3 (5.0) 3.2 (3.7) 2.0 (3.2) 2.8 (4.0) .23
 • Diabetes 12.9 (8.9) 13.5 (8.2) 11.5 (8.9) 12.6 (8.6) .54
 • Renal disease 1.2 (2.0) 1.7 (3.0) 2.6 (3.7) 1.9 (3.0) .08
 • Hypothyroidism 7.0 (6.0) 6.0 (5.7) 9.3 (7.1) 7.4 (6.4) .05
 • Current smoker* 31.6 (15.6) 23.9 (15.3) 25.9 (13.9) 27.1 (15.2) .04
B)
MODEL
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS CHC, MEAN (SD) FFS, MEAN (SD) PCN, MEAN (SD) OVERALL, MEAN (SD) P VALUE

Female, % 60.6 (22.0) 49.8 (21.8) 57.0 (23.5) 55.8 (22.7) .07
Age at date of abstraction, y 61.0 (6.8) 62.1 (6.4) 63.7 (4.3) 62.2 (6.0) .11
Socioeconomic status, %
 • Income quintile 1 (lowest)* 42.2 (28.1) 17.3 (19.8) 18.6 (17.3) 26.0 (24.9) < .01
 • Income quintile 2 25.0 (18.6) 24.1 (16.1) 20.0 (17.3) 23.1 (17.4) .36
 • Income quintile 3* 11.6 (11.9) 20.0 (17.4) 18.8 (16.9) 16.8 (15.9) .02
 • Income quintile 4* 11.8 (15.7) 20.3 (19.8) 20.9 (19.3) 17.7 (18.7) .04
 • Income quintile 5 (highest)* 9.4 (12.2) 18.3 (15.8) 21.8 (24.8) 16.5 (19.0) < .01
Cardiovascular-related comorbidities, %
 • Dyslipidemia 55.0 (19.0) 53.5 (22.9) 58.4 (18.8) 55.6 (20.3) .51
 • Stroke 4.0 (6.9) 5.5 (7.3) 7.1 (8.9) 5.5 (7.8) .17
 • Transient ischemic attack 3.4 (5.5) 3.4 (5.4) 3.9 (5.8) 3.5 (5.5) .88
 • Angina 10.6 (12.8) 12.4 (11.6) 12.8 (11.7) 11.9 (12.0) .64
 • Myocardial infarction 9.9 (11.0) 9.8 (12.2) 11.1 (14.6) 10.3 (12.6) .87
 • Congestive heart failure 4.9 (7.4) 4.1 (6.9) 3.6 (6.9) 4.2 (7.1) .70
 • Atrial fibrillation 3.1 (6.0) 4.0 (5.9) 5.4 (9.5) 4.1 (7.3) .21
 • Coronary artery bypass graft 3.3 (5.4) 2.8 (5.9) 5.1 (8.0) 3.8 (6.6) .34
 • Previous angioplasty or stent 3.3 (6.3) 5.9 (8.4) 5.8 (8.7) 5.0 (7.9) .21
 • Peripheral vascular disease 7.0 (9.1) 7.0 (9.9) 4.5 (7.3) 6.2 (8.9) .29
 • Diabetes 28.0 (16.9) 28.2 (16.5) 30.0 (20.7) 28.7 (18.0) .84
 • Renal disease* 2.0 (4.5) 4.6 (9.2) 6.8 (10.0) 4.5 (8.5) .03
 • Hypothyroidism 10.3 (11.3) 7.0 (8.6) 11.6 (12.1) 9.6 (10.9) .12
 • Current smoker 30.3 (22.5) 20.8 (18.3) 21.6 (22.1) 24.2 (21.3) .07

CHC–community health centre, FFS–fee-for-service, PCN–primary care network.

*

P < .05, statistically significant difference between models.