Table 1.

Characteristics of 387 patients presenting with uncontrolled blood pressure, overall and by clinical scenario

			Clinical Scenario: Uncontrolled BP AND
Patient Factors	All		No diagnosed diabetes or HLD† (N = 76)		Controlled diabetes and/or HLD (N = 157)		Either uncontrolled diabetes or HLD (N = 122)		Both uncontrolled diabetes and HLD (N = 32)		P
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age (years)											< 0.001
< 55	92	23.8%	32	42.1%	22	14.0%	31	25.4%	7	21.9%
55 to 64	136	35.1%	15	19.7%	56	35.7%	50	41.0%	15	46.9%
65+	159	41.1%	29	38.2%	79	50.3%	41	33.6%	10	31.2%
Gender											0.80
Male	373	96.4%	74	97.4%	152	96.8%	117	95.9%	30	93.7%
Female	14	3.6%	2	2.6%	5	3.2%	5	4.1%	2	6.3%
Systolic BP (mmHg)											< 0.001
< 140	122	31.5%	12	15.8%	39	24.8%	55	45.1%	16	50.0%
140 to 159	196	50.6%	52	68.4%	89	56.7%	44	36.1%	11	34.4%
160+	69	17.8%	12	15.8%	29	18.5%	23	18.8%	5	15.6%
Minimally (0 to 9 mmHg) above goal											0.13
Yes	203	52.5%	49	64.5%	78	49.7%	61	50.0%	15	46.9%
No	184	47.5%	27	35.5%	79	50.3%	61	50.0%	17	53.1%
Number of medications*											< 0.01
0	122	31.5%	44	36.1%	51	41.8%	23	18.8%	4	3.3%
1 to 2	114	29.5%	22	19.3%	48	42.1%	37	32.5%	7	6.1%
3 to 4	97	25.1%	9	9.3%	35	36.1%	39	40.2%	14	14.4%
5+	54	13.9%	1	1.8%	23	42.6%	23	42.6%	7	13.0%
Diabetes											< 0.001
Uncontrolled	98	25.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	66	54.1%	32	100.0%
Controlled**	101	26.1%	0	0.0%	69	43.9%	32	26.2%	0	0.0%
Not present	188	48.6%	76	100.0%	88	56.1%	24	19.7%	0	0.0%
HLD†											< 0.001
Uncontrolled	88	22.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	56	45.9%	32	100.0%
Controlled**	196	50.7%	0	0.0%	143	91.1%	53	43.4%	0	0.0%
Not present	103	26.6%	76	100.0%	14	8.9%	13	10.7%	0	0.0%

*Medications for hypertension, diabetes, and/or hyperlipidemia prescribed in the 90 days prior to the index visit; **Includes missing laboratory data: 23 A1c data, 41 lipids; †HLD = Hyperlipidemia