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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Does quality of care for hypertension in primary care vary with postcode area deprivation? An observational study

Patient characteristics

Mean (SD), range

Category

N (%)

Age

67.4 (11.9), 32-92

< 63 years

101 (33.2)

  

63-73 years

101 (33.2)

  

> 73 years

102 (33.6)

Gender

 

Men

126 (41.5)

  

Women

178 (58.6)

Smoking status

(n = 280)*

 

Smoker

42 (15.0)

  

Non-Smoker

238 (85.0)

Time point

 

2003

149 (49.0)

  

2005

155 (51.0)

Year of diagnosis

 

1967-1997

152 (50)

  

1998-2005

152 (50)

Deprivation score (IMD)**

19.5 (14.2), 2.6-73.9

Least deprived

102 (33.9)

  

Middle

99 (32.9)

  

Most deprived

100 (33.2)

Practice characteristics

Size (patients)

9610 (4178), 2,700-17,000

Small

(2,700-5,000)

47 (15.5)

  

Medium

(5,400-10,000)

152 (50.0)

  

Large

(10,500-17,700)

105 (34.5)

Deprivation score (%)

48.0 (24.3), 7.5-84.9

Least deprived

114 (37.5)

  

Middle

97 (32.0)

  

Most deprived

93 (30.6)

  1. Total number of participates was 304
  2. * Smoking status missing for 24 participants
  3. ** IMD missing for 3 participants.