Table 3.

The 20 most ordered diagnostic and laboratory tests by health unit, patient and consultation

Diagnostic and laboratory tests	Median of tests per patient (IQR)
	Personalised Healthcare Units	Family Health Units A model	Family Health Units B model	P-value*
Glucose	0.53 (0.44–0.65)	0.46 (0.33–0.57)	0.46 (0.37–0.55)	≤0.001
Total cholesterol	0.48 (0.40–0.59)	0.41 (0.32–0.52)	0.42 (0.35–0.49)	≤0.001
Haemogram	0.50 (0.40–0.60)	0.39 (0.24–0.52)	0.39 (0.28–0.49)	≤0.001
Triglycerides	0.46 (0.37–0.56)	0.40 (0.30–0.49)	0.40 (0.32–0.47)	≤0.001
Creatinine	0.46 (0.36–0.56)	0.37 (0.27–0.47)	0.39 (0.31–0.47)	≤0.001
HDL cholesterol	0.44 (0.33–0.55)	0.38 (0.28–0.49)	0.38 (0.31–0.47)	≤0.001
Urinalysis	0.48 (0.36–0.58)	0.29 (0.10–0.46)	0.29 (0.13–0.42)	≤0.001
AST	0.36 (0.20–0.47)	0.23 (0.09–0.36)	0.17 (0.08–0.32)	≤0.001
Uric acid	0.38 (0.25–0.49)	0.16 (0.04–0.33)	0.15 (0.06–0.31)	≤0.001
GGT	0.33 (0.15–0.45)	0.17 (0.06–0.32)	0.13 (0.06–0.28)	≤0.001
FOBT	0.13 (0.05–0.25)	0.18 (0.11–0.26)	0.17 (0.10–0.24)	≤0.001
ECG	0.16 (0.10–0.26)	0.15 (0.09–0.22)	0.14 (0.09–0.20)	≤0.001
Glycated haemoglobin	0.15 (0.10–0.22)	0.15 (0.11–0.19)	0.15 (0.11–0.19)	0.060
ALT	0.15 (0.05–0.36)	0.07 (0.03–0.18)	0.06 (0.03–0.14)	≤0.001
Urea	0.18 (0.04–0.42)	0.04 (0.01–0.13)	0.03 (0.02–0.07)	≤0.001
ESR	0.19 (0.04–0.40)	0.03 (0.01–0.10)	0.03 (0.02–0.08)	≤0.001
Microalbuminuria	0.09 (0.05–0.16)	0.14 (0.09–0.20)	0.13 (0.07–0.19)	≤0.001
TSH	0.11 (0.06–0.20)	0.09 (0.06–0.15)	0.09 (0.06–0.13)	≤0.001
Urine culture	0.11 (0.07–0.17)	0.09 (0.05–0.13)	0.09 (0.06–0.13)	≤0.001
Electrolytes	0.09 (0.04–0.22)	0.08 (0.03–0.16)	0.06 (0.03–0.13)	≤0.001

*The Kruskal-Wallis test was used. Medians and respective 95% CIs are presented.

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FOBT, faecal occult blood test; GGT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone.