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Table 2 Goal attainment of blood pressure and lipids in high-risk patients according to the European guidelines with respective mean values.

From: Implementing the European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in the primary care setting in Cyprus: Lessons learned from a health care services study

SCORE RISK CATEGORY 1 (CVD; n = 103)

Parameters

Mean ± SD

Number of patients (%)

TC (mg/dl), n = 42

207 ± 32.6

 

   • <175 mg/dl (4.5 mmol/l)

 

7 (16.7)

   • ≥175 mg/dl

 

35 (83.3)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

61 (59.2)

LDL-C (mg/dl), n = 21

121 ± 36.9

 

   • <100 mg/dl (2.5 mmol/l)

 

6 (28.6)

   • ≥100 mg/dl

 

15 (71.4)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

82 (79.6)

BP (mmHg), n = 83

132 ± 15.2 (SBP)

80 ± 6.6 (DBP)

   • <140/90 mmHg

 

46 (55.4)

   • ≥140/90 mmHg

 

37 (44.6)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

20 (19.4)

SCORE RISK CATEGORY 2 (DM2, no CVD; n = 260)

TC (mg/dl), n = 136

216 ± 43.2

 

   • <175 mg/dl (4.5 mmol/l)

 

23 (16.9)

   • ≥175 mg/dl

 

113 (83.1)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

124 (47.7)

LDL-C (mg/dl), n = 77

127 ± 36.0

 

   • <100 mg/dl (2.5 mmol/l)

 

15 (19.5)

   • ≥100 mg/dl

 

62 (80.5)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

183 (70.4)

BP (mmHg), n = 213

138 ± 15.8 (SBP)

82 ± 7.4 (DBP)

   • <130/80 mmHg

 

12 (5.6)

   • ≥130/80 mmHg

 

201 (94.4)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

47 (18.1)

HbA1c (%), n = 31

7.2 ± 1.3

 

   • <7%

 

12 (38.7)

   • ≥7%

 

19 (61.3)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

229 (88.1)

SCORE RISK CATEGORY 3 (SCORE ≥5%; n = 74)

TC (mg/dl), n = 71

241 ± 76.3

 

   • <175 mg/dl (4.5 mmol/l)

 

8 (11.3)

   • ≥175 mg/dl

 

63 (88.7)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

5 (6.8)

LDL-C (mg/dl), n = 43

144 ± 49.6

 

   • <100 mg/dl (2.5 mmol/l)

 

9 (20.9)

   • ≥100 mg/dl

 

34 (79.1)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

33 (43.5)

BP (mmHg), n = 74

142 ± 20.0 (SBP)

82 ± 9.1 (DBP)

   • <140/90 mmHg

 

31 (41.9)

   • ≥140/90 mmHg

 

43 (58.1)

   • missing (% of total N)

 

0 (0)

  1. TC: Total Cholesterol; LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: BP: Blood Pressure, SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure, HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin