Table 3.
Table 3 Relationship of Anti-Hypertensive Treatment Intensification Documented in Different Sources and Monthly Change in Blood Pressure
| Intensification Information Source | Systolic Blood Pressure |
Diastolic Blood Pressure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effect 1 | p-value | Effect 1 | p-value | |
| Structured only | −4.7 | < 0.0001 | −1.5 | < 0.0001 |
| Notes only | −8.1 | < 0.0001 | −2.3 | < 0.0001 |
| Both notes and structured 2 | −5.8 | < 0.0001 | −3.8 | < 0.0001 |
1 Estimate of a monthly change in blood pressure, mm Hg, associated with increase in treatment intensification rate of one intensification/month.
2 For intensifications documented both in narrative and structured EMR data.
Effect sizes are the parameter estimates for a mixed linear multiple regression model with the average monthly blood pressure change as the dependent variable and medication intensification rates from all three sources as independent variables.