Table 2.

Patient demographics

	Virtual clinic (n = 496)	Traditional clinic (n = 1220)
Age	60 ± 15.6	61 ± 15.3
Gender
Male   Female	288 (58.1%) 208 (41.9%)	672 (55.1%) 548 (44.9%)
Medical history
Hypertension   Hyperlipidaemia   Diabetes mellitus   Chronic kidney disease   Coronary artery disease   Previous stroke	269 (54.2%) 290 (58.5%) 91 (18.3%) 29 (5.8%) 187 (37.7%) 21 (4.2%)	732 (60%) 768 (63%) 226 (18.5%) 66 (5.4%) 434 (35.36%) 66 (5.4%)
Smoking history
Smoker   Ex-smoker   Never smoker   Not documented	80 (16.1%) 150 (30.2%) 166 (33.5%) 100 (20.1%)	182 (14.9%) 408 (33.4%) 468 (38.4%) 162 (13.3%)