Table 3.
Linear regression and analysis of covariance for different subgroups within the total patient cohort.
| Patient subgroups | Slope, %/month (95% CI) | Intercept, % (95% CI) | P value |
| Male patients | 1.86 (–0.01 to 3.72) | 69.02 (59.05 to 78.79) | .02 |
| Female patients | –0.38 (–2.25 to 1.49) | 61.42 (51.45 to 71.40) | —a |
| Hospital-based patients | 0.08 (–1.32 to 1.49) | 77.03 (69.53 to 84.53) | .02 |
| Community-based patients | 1.87 (0.47 to 3.28) | 57.86 (50.36 to 65.37) | — |
| Patients 70 years and younger | 0.63 (–0.75 to 2.02) | 67.90 (60.51 to 70.30) | .25 |
| Patients older than 70 years | 1.40 (0.02 to 2.79) | 65.21 (57.82 to 72.61) | — |
| Cardiac patients | 1.53 (–0.16 to 3.22) | 68.10 (59.08 to 77.12) | .07 |
| Patients with other chronic conditions | –0.01 (–1.70 to 1.68) | 66.04 (57.02 to 75.07) | — |
aIndicates data is not applicable.