Table 1. Baseline participant characteristics, percentage with a new disease diagnoses and HSU means during follow up.
| Variable groupings | Average follow up time in months (SD) | % (N) with new disease diagnosis | Mean (SD) number of consultations/y | Mean (SD) number of prescriptions/yr | Mean (SD) number of unplanned hospital admissions /y | Mean (SD) number of secondary care referrals/y |
| Age (n = 213) | ||||||
| 70–74.9 (n = 78) | 54 (11) | 62 (48) | 14.4 (10.7) | 9.9 (13.9) | 1.0 (1.4) | 1.1 (1.1) |
| 75–79.9 (n = 57) | 52 (14) | 63 (36) | 15.1 (10.7) | 9.4 (13.9) | 0.8 (0.9) | 1.3 (1.2) |
| 80–84.9 (n = 53) | 50 (16) | 66 (35) | 16.0 (9.0) | 6.8 (4.8) | 0.9 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.3) |
| 85–89.9 (n = 25) | 44 (20) | 52 (13) | 17.3 (11.0) | 10.0 (8.8) | 1.2 (1.2) | 1.3 (1.4) |
| p = 0.017 | p = 0.690 | p = 0.620 | p = 0.468 | p = 0.463 | p = 0.248 | |
| Gender (n = 213) | ||||||
| Female (n = 104) | 53 (14) | 64 (66) | 15.4 (9.9) | 8.4 (8.8) | 0.9 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.2) |
| Male (n = 109) | 50 (14) | 61 (66) | 15.2 (10.8) | 9.6 (14.0) | 0.9 (1.2) | 1.2 (1.2) |
| p = 0.405 | p = 0.662 | p = 0.895 | p = 0.462 | p = 832 | p = 0.350 | |
| Educational attainment (n = 205) | ||||||
| Primary (n = 41) | 52 (14) | 71 (29) | 16.0 (11.4) | 10.3 (13.7) | 0.8 (1.2) | 1.1 (1.1) |
| Secondary (n = 66) | 49 (16) | 68 (45) | 15.2 (9.9) | 7.8 (8.2) | 0.9 (1.2) | 1.3 (1.2) |
| Tertiary (n = 98) | 53 (12) | 55 (54) | 14.7 (9.7) | 9.0 (12.5) | 1.0 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.3) |
| p = 0.286 | p = 0.394 | p = 0.749 | p = 0.462 | p = 0.761 | p = 0.267 | |
| IMD (n = 213) 1 | ||||||
| Low (n = 53) | 52 (15) | 33 (62) | 16.8 (11.8) | 9.2 (12.2) | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.2 (1.1) |
| Low-Med (n = 53) | 51 (13) | 34 (65) | 15.2 (11.1) | 10.1 (1.7) | 0.9 (1.3) | 1.1 (1.0) |
| Medium (n = 52) | 49 (17) | 34 (62) | 15.3 (9.5) | 6.7 (6.5) | 0.9 (1.1) | 1.5 (1.3) |
| High (n = 55) | 54 (12) | 31 (58) | 14.1 (8.8) | 9.9 (14.3) | 1.0 (1.2) | 1.3 (1.3) |
| p = 0.505 | p = 0.912 | p = 0.603 | p = 0.868 | p = 0.868 | p = 0.350 | |
| BMI (n = 213) | ||||||
| Normal/underweight (n = 73) | 52 (12) | 60 (44) | 14.9 (9.2) | 13.6 (1.6) | 1.2 (0.2) | 1.0 (0.1) |
| Overweight (n = 80) | 53 (14) | 59 (47) | 15.7 (10.7) | 10.2 (1.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | 1.3 (0.1) |
| Obese(n = 60) | 49 (17) | 68 (41) | 15.3 (11.2) | 11.2 (1.4) | 1.3 (0.2) | 1.3 (0.2) |
| p = 0.407 | p = 0.479 | p = 0.878 | p = 0.505 | p = 0.940 | p = 0.965 |
1
IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation-scores derived from participants' postcodes (high score indicates high level of deprivation).