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. 2012 May 3;2012:767892. doi: 10.1100/2012/767892

Table 1.

Patients with hypertension who reach target blood pressure and are investigated with ECG and blood lipids.

N Percentage (95% CI) Differencea   (95% CI) P value
Patients 65–84 years
 Total number of patients 2006 39
2008 54
 Target blood pressure level 2006 11 28.2 (15.0, 44.9) 7.0 (−14.2, 28.2) 0.63
2008 19 35.2 (22.7, 49.4)
 ECG taken last two years 2006 17 43.6 (27.8, 60.4) −4.7 (−27.2, 17.8) 0.81
2008 21 38.9 (25.9, 53.1)
 Lipids assessed 2006 29 74.4 (57.9, 87.0) 1.6 (−17.8, 21.0) 1
2008 41 75.9 (62.4, 86.5)

Patients ≥85 years
 Total number of patients 2006 24
2008 41
 Target blood pressure level 2006 9 37.5 (18.8, 59.4) −5.8 (−33.1, 21.6) 0.31
2008 13 31.7 (18.1, 48.1)
 ECG taken last two years 2006 14 58.3 (36.6, 77.9) −7.1 (−35.4, 21.2) 0.77
2008 21 51.2 (35.1, 67.1)
 Lipids assessed 2006 3 12.5 (2.7, 32.4) 26.5 (3.3, 49.8) 0.047
2008 16 39.0 (24.2, 55.5)

aDifference between 2008 and 2006.