Table 2.
Prevalence of making select hypertension prevention recommendations among respondents to the DocStyles 2012 survey, by primary care provider characteristics
| PCP characteristic | Healthy diet, % | Reduce salt intake, % | Attain healthy weight, % | Limit alcohol use, % | Be physically active, % | Smoking cessation for patients who smoke, % |
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| Total | 89.4 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 69.4 | 95.1 | 90.4 |
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| Mean age, y | ||||||
| <45 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 87.2* | 65.7* | 93.4* | 89.8 |
| ≥45 | 89.9 | 90.5 | 92.9 | 72.6 | 96.5 | 91.0 |
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| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 88.7 | 89.8 | 88.6* | 71.1 | 94.5 | 88.7* |
| Female | 90.4 | 90.0 | 92.7 | 67.0 | 95.9 | 92.9 |
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| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 89.5 | 88.2* | 91.6 | 68.8 | 96.0* | 90.2 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 95.4 | 100.0 | 90.7 | 69.8 | 100.0 | 97.7 |
| Non-Hispanic other | 88.1 | 93.4 | 86.4 | 70.0 | 91.4 | 89.3 |
| Hispanic | 88.7 | 94.3 | 84.9 | 77.4 | 92.5 | 94.3 |
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| Specialty | ||||||
| Family physicians | 90.5* | 88.6 | 90.9* | 71.9 | 95.9* | 93.1* |
| Internist | 86.2 | 92.0 | 87.5 | 67.7 | 92.9 | 85.1 |
| Nurse practitioner | 92.9 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 67.5 | 97.2 | 94.4 |
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| Body mass index, kg/m 2 | ||||||
| Normal (<25.0) | 89.3 | 90.0 | 90.1 | 68.0 | 94.9 | 91.2 |
| Overweight (25.0–29.9) | 89.4 | 90.3 | 90.1 | 71.8 | 95.3 | 89.2 |
| Obese (≥30.0) | 89.9 | 88.0 | 91.1 | 67.1 | 94.9 | 91.8 |
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| ≥5 cups fruits or vegetables, days/week | ||||||
| 0 | 84.1 | 83.3* | 88.1* | 57.2* | 95.2 | 86.5 |
| 1–4 | 89.7 | 90.5 | 88.5 | 68.7 | 94.8 | 90.8 |
| 5–7 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 92.8 | 73.3 | 95.4 | 90.9 |
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| Smoking, days/week | ||||||
| 0 | 90.0* | 90.6* | 91.1* | 69.6 | 95.7* | 90.9* |
| ≥1 | 76.8 | 73.2 | 71.4 | 66,1 | 80.4 | 80.4 |
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| ≥ 30 minutes physical activity, days/week | ||||||
| 0 | 85.7 | 89.5 | 84.8* | 61.9 | 96.2 | 85.7 |
| 1–4 | 89.8 | 90.2 | 89.7 | 66.4 | 95.2 | 91.0 |
| 5–7 | 89.5 | 89.2 | 93.1 | 78.2 | 94.5 | 90.6 |
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| Years in practice | ||||||
| <5 | 91.0 | 86.6 | 95.5 | 73.1 | 95.5* | 92.5 |
| 5–10 | 89.4 | 89.2 | 88.6 | 66.1 | 92.7 | 90.0 |
| 11–20 | 89.6 | 91.3 | 89.0 | 71.1 | 95.1 | 90.7 |
| >20 | 88.7 | 89.3 | 92.8 | 69.9 | 97.4 | 90.2 |
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| Main practice setting | ||||||
| Individual practice | 90.5 | 90.9 | 90.9 | 71.8 | 94.6 | 92.7 |
| Group practice | 89.5 | 89.9 | 90.5 | 69.3 | 95.5 | 90.2 |
| Hospital or clinic | 86.1 | 87.8 | 87.0 | 66.1 | 92.2 | 87.8 |
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| Privileges at teaching hospital | ||||||
| Yes | 89.4 | 89.4 | 89.9 | 70.6 | 95.1 | 90.7 |
| No | 89.4 | 90.2 | 90.5 | 68.6 | 95.0 | 90.2 |
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| Financial situation of majority of patients 1 | ||||||
| Poor to lower middle class | 88.2 | 90.6 | 91.8 | 67.3 | 94.7 | 90.6 |
| Middle class | 90.2 | 88.2 | 89.0 | 68.0 | 94.7 | 90.0 |
| Upper middle class to affluent | 89.2 | 91.1 | 90.8 | 71.8 | 95.6 | 90.7 |
Abbreviation: PCP, primary care provider.
*
p-value <0.05 using chi-square test comparing differences in recommending the activity
1
By PCP report.