Table 1.

Patient characteristics in general practice and physiotherapy practice

	General practice ( GP )		Physiotherapy practice ( PT )
	Only GP	GP =>PT	GP =>PT	Only PT
	(n = 2134)	(n = 294)	(n = 895)	( n = 148 )
Mean age (years ± SD) †	55 (15)	55 (14)	57 (16)	53 (16)
Gender (% male) †	42	44	41	54

† Significant difference between ‘only PT patients’ in PT and ‘GP =>PT patients’ in PT.