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. 2017 Sep 5;12(9):e0184032. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184032

Table 3. Proportion of primary care physicians delivering the twelve recommended measures of preventive care, stratified by gender and age group.

Characteristics Men
(n = 318)
Women
(n = 191)
Age <55
(n = 250)
Age >55
(n = 266)
% 95% CI % % 95% CI % p-value % 95% CI % % 95% CI % p-value
Blood pressure measurement (at least once per year) 98.4 97.1–99.8 98.4 96.7–100 0.7139 98.8 97.5–100 98.1 96.5–99.8 0.7886
Weight measurement (at least once) 85.8 82.0–89.7 91.6 87.7–95.6 0.0717 87.6 83.5–91.7 88.7 84.9–92.5 0.7964
Height measurement (at least once) 51.9 46.4–57.4 55.5 48.4–62.5 0.4847 53.6 47.4–59.8 53.0 47.0–59.0 0.9629
Screening for dyslipidemia 76.7 72.1–81,4 74.3 68.2–80.5 0.6161 76.0 70.7–81.3 75.2 70.0–80.4 0.9108
Screening for at-risk drinking (at least once) 54.4 48.9–59.9 70.7 64.2–77.1 0.0004 62,4 56.4–68.4 57.9 52.0–63.8 0.3399
Advice to decrease drinking for at-risk drinkers 67.0 61.8–72.1 66.5 59.8–73.2 0.9871 70.4 64.7–76.1 63.5 57.7–69.3 0.1182
Screening for smoking (at least once) 93.4 90.7–96.1 97.9 95.9–99.9 0.0387 96.4 94.1–98.7 94.0 91.1–96.8 0.2838
Advice to stop smoking for smokers 94.3 91,8–96.9 96.3 93.7–99.0 0.4255 94.8 92.0–97.6 95.5 93.0–98.0 0.8737
Screening for colorectal cancer 83.6 79.6–87.7 81.7 76.2–87.2 0.6522 84.4 79.9–88.9 82.0 77.3–86.6 0.5328
Screening for prostate cancer 75.8 71.1–80.5 80.6 75.0–86.2 0.2465 83.2 78.6–87.8 71.4 66.0–76.9 0.0021
Annual influenza vaccine for patients ≥ 65 years 90.9 87.7–94.0 88.5 84.0–93.0 0.4714 91.6 88.2–95.0 88.0 84.1–91.9 0.2254
Annual influenza vaccine for at-risk patients < 65 years 38.7 33.3–44.0 35.6 28.8–42.4 0.5487 39.6 33.5–45.7 35.3 29.6–41.1 0.3634