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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2011 Nov 22;109(4):521–526. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.047

Table 4.

Patient Awareness of Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia by Site of Care a

Variable Private
Doctors
Office/HMO		 Community
Health
Center/ Clinic		 Hospital
Outpatient
Clinic		 Emergency
Room		 No Usual Site
of Care
Hypertension
(N = 9,440)
Partially Adjusted
Proportion of
Participants Unaware
of Condition b 		39 % 39 % 33 % 46 %* 61 %*
Fully Adjusted
Proportion of
Participants Unaware
of Condition c		 40 % 39 % 35 % 41 % 52 % *
Fully Adjusted Odds
Ratios (95% CI)c 		Ref. 0.94
(0.76, 1.18)		 0.78
(0.44,1.18)		 1.02
(0.50, 2.08)		 1.71 *
(1.18,2.48)
Hypercholesterolemia
(N = 4432)
Partially Adjusted
Proportion of
Participants Unaware
of Condition b 		61% 62 % 62% 72 %* 71 %*
Fully Adjusted
Proportion of
Participants Unaware
of Condition c 		62 % 63 % 62 % 70 % 69 % *
Fully Adjusted Odds
Ratios (95% CI)c 		Ref. 1.05
(0.90,1.22)		 1.02
(0.66,1.59)		 1.54
(0.95,2.49)		 1.36 *
(1.09,1.69)
a

CHC and HMO are abbreviations for Community Health Center and Health Maintenance Organization

b

Model adjusted for Age, Gender, Race, Insurance Type, Income, and Smoking Status

c

Model adjusted for previous covariates and number of outpatient visits over the 12 months prior to survey administration

*

P< .05 for all comparisons with private doctor’s offices/HMO