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Table 2 Characteristics of included patients, 2007

From: Impact of ethnic-specific guidelines for anti-hypertensive prescribing in primary care in England: a longitudinal study

 

Black patients

Younger non-black patients*

0lder non-black patients**

Total

Number of Patients number (%)

3926 (24.6)

2746 (17.2)

9261 (58.1)

15933

Mean age years (sd)

60.4 (13.2)

44.7 (7.8)

71.1 (9.9)

63.9 (14.5)

Male no (%)

1588 (40.5)

1493 (54.3)

4096 (44.2)

7177 (45.1)

Ethnicity different from Black number (%)

    

White

 

1936 (70.5)

7149 (77.2)

9085 (75.7)

South Asian

 

403 (14.7)

1153 (12.5)

1566 (12.9)

Other Asian

 

160 (5.8)

434 (4.7)

594 (4.9)

Other origin

 

247 (8.9)

525 (5.7)

772 (6.4)

Presence of cadiovascular comorbidity

    

No

2517 (64.1)

2191 (79.8)

5183 (55.9)

9891 (62.1)

Yes***

1409 (35.8)

555 (20.2)

4078 (44.3)

6042 (37.9)

  1. % Indicate percentage.
  2. sd Standard deviation.
  3. *Indicate those of White, Asian, Other Asian origin or other ethnic origin <55 years.
  4. **Included those of White, Asian, Other Asian origin or other ethnic origin aged 55 years and over.
  5. ***Patients with one or more than of the follow diseases: coronary heart diseases, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, atrial fibrillation stroke or renal failure.