Table 3.

Health Care Utilization Patterns Stratified by Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Status

Encounter department	No established CVD N = 54,659	Established CVD N = 40,910	P value*
Internal/family medicine, n (%)			< 0.001
0 visits	13,639 (25.0)	10,536 (25.8)
1–3 visits	27,083 (49.5)	16,266 (39.8)
≥ 4 visits	13,937 (25.5)	14,108 (34.5)
Endocrinology, n (%)			0.022
0 visits	44,405 (81.2)	33,517 (81.9)
1–3 visits	8911 (16.3)	6405 (15.7)
≥ 4 visits	1343 (2.5)	988 (2.4)
Cardiology, n (%)			< 0.001
0 visits	48,926 (89.5)	25,377 (62.0)
1–3 visits	5245 (9.6)	11,801 (28.8)
≥ 4 visits	488 (0.9)	3732 (9.1)

*Categorical variables were evaluated for association using the Chi squared test; continuous variables were tested using the Mann–Whitney U test