Table 2.
Comparison of characteristics for hypertensive patients with and without linked data
| Linked (n=6307) |
Not linked (n=246) |
P value | |
| Female, n (%) | 3395 (53.8) | 127 (51.6) | 0.539 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 64.7 (14.1) | 65.2 (17.2) | 0.523 |
| Deceased year recorded in the EMR, n (%) | 30 (0.5) | 60 (24.4) | <0.001 |
| Patient EMR status | <0.001 | ||
| Active, n (%) | 5326 (84.4) | 126 (51.2) | |
| Deceased, n (%) | 104 (1.6) | 60 (24.4) | |
| Inactive, n (%) | 99 (1.6) | 8 (3.3) | |
| Unknown, n (%) | 778 (12.3) | 52 (21.1) | |
| Urban residence, n (%)* | 4312 (69.5) | 156 (65.5) | 0.225 |
| Type of EMR | <0.001 | ||
| Wolf, n (%) | 3266 (51.8) | 221 (89.8) | |
| Med Access, n (%) | 3041 (48.2) | 25 (10.2) | |
| Number of primary care encounters, mean (SD) | 45.8 (40.7) | 39.2 (47.2) | 0.013 |
*Postal code for determining urban or rural residence was missing for 99 patients (1.6%) in the Linked cohort and eight patients (3.3%) in the Not Linked cohort.
EMR, electronic medical record.;