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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012 Jul 31;5(5):645–653. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963553

Table 2.

Individual risk factor control in individuals with diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia

Risk factor n (%) ever achieving control Median duration in days (IQR) of initial interval of control n (%) with ≥ 90 days of follow up after achieving control Median percentage of subsequent time period controlled* n (%) ever losing control* n (%) regaining control of risk factor after losing control
Denver Health
HbA1c 3,215 (61.0%) 78 (1-441) 2,897 (90.1%) 20.6% 2,299 (79.4%) 977 (42.5%)
Blood pressure 4,108 (78.0%) 1 (1-108) 3,904 (95.0%) 12.1% 3,697 (94.7%) 2,539 (68.7%)
LDL cholesterol 4,416 (83.8%) 178 (1-796) 3,790 (85.8%) 53.2% 2,702 (71.3%) 1,235 (45.7%)
Simultaneous control 856 (16.2%) 48 (3-132) 691 (80.7%) 17.0% 601 (87.0%) 158 (26.3%)
Kaiser Permanente Colorado
HbA1c 16,084 (68.6%) 201 (1-696) 14,731 (91.6%) 40.4% 10,185 (69.1%) 5,699 (56.0%)
Blood pressure 20,894 (89.1%) 1 (1-57) 19,729 (94.4%) 12.7% 19,023 (96.4%) 16,696 (87.8%)
LDL cholesterol 19,946 (85.0%) 311 (1-932) 17,932 (89.9%) 78.8% 9,978 (55.6%) 7,747 (77.6%)
Simultaneous control 7,117 (29.9%) 76 (24-183) 6,658 (93.6%) 15.7% 6,320 (94.9%) 2,599 (41.1%)
*

Among individuals with ≥ 90 days follow-up after achieving control.

Among individuals ever losing control of that condition.