| Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | ||||||
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Cardiovascular risk assessment | Total sample in 15 practices (n = 19,562) | Cardiovascular risk assessment | Total sample in 15 practices (n = 20,249) | |||||
Low/moderate (n = 8171) | High (n = 1139) | Established CVD (n = 2372) | Low/moderate (n = 9155) | High (n = 1195) | Established CVD (n = 2537) | |||
Age (mean, SD) | 61.1 (11.2) | 72.4 (9.2) | 73.6 (11.3) | 63.9 (12.5) | 60.8 (11.1) | 71.9 (9.2) | 73.5 (11.4) | 63.8 (12.4) |
Gender | ||||||||
 Male | 38.2 (3124) | 78.7 (896) | 62.9 (1491) | 44.6 (8717) | 38.5 (3525) | 78.4 (937) | 61.8 (1569) | 55.5 (11236) |
 Female | 61.8 (5047) | 21.3 (243) | 37.1 (879) | 55.3 (10816) | 61.5 (5630) | 21.6 (258) | 38.1 (967) | 44.5 (9013) |
 Missing |  |  |  | 0.1 (29) |  |  |  | 0.1 (13) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 0.4 (30) | 0.5 (6) | 0.3 (6) | 0.4 (77) | 0.4 (35) | 0.7 (8) | 0.5 (12) | 0.5 (109) |
 Other | 99.6 (8141) | 99.5 (1133) | 99.7 (2366) | 99.6 (19485) | 99.6 (9120) | 99.3 (1187) | 99.5 (2525) | 99.5 (20153) |
Risk factor assessment | ||||||||
 Blood pressurea | 81.9 (6690) | 86.1 (981) | 81.0 (1922) | 72.5 (14175) | 85.9 (7862) | 93.0 (1111) | 83.5 (2119) | 76.4 (15487) |
 Blood lipidsb | 82.5 (6739) | 82.0 (934) | 70.7 (1678) | 61.5 (12026) | 85.0 (7781) | 86.5 (1034) | 75.5 (1916) | 65.9 (13361) |
 BMIb | 54.6 (4460) | 57.4 (654) | 49.4 (1171) | 45.0 (8814) | 59.0 (5394) | 65.4 (782) | 45.1 (1347) | 49.4 (10000) |
 Waist circumferenceb | 21.0 (1719) | 25.3 (288) | 15.9 (377) | 15.6 (3039) | 25.3 (2314) | 32.4 (387) | 19.9 (506) | 34.7 (3952) |
 Smoking status | 63.2 (5164) | 70.1 (798) | 71.1 (1686) | 65.3 (12774) | 63.9 (5785) | 65.3 (780) | 66.8 (1695) | 65.7 (13304) |
BMI | ||||||||
 Underweight | 3.2 (260) | 1.1 (13) | 2.1 (51) | 2.5 (484) | 3.4 (310) | 0.8 (10) | 2.6 (65) | 2.7 (541) |
 Healthy weight | 21.6 (1768) | 13.6 (155) | 14.2 (336) | 16.8 (3282) | 23.1 (2114) | 15.8 (189) | 15.2 (386) | 18.1 (3675) |
 Overweight/obese | 26.8 (2189) | 34.3 (391) | 26.9 (639) | 22.8 (4467) | 27.3 (2503) | 31.5 (377) | 27.9 (707) | 23.6 (4786) |
 Not assessed/missing | 48.4 (3954) | 50.9 (580) | 56.7 (1346) | 57.9 (11329) | 46.2 (4228) | 51.8 (619) | 54.4 (1379) | 55.6 (11260) |
Waist circumference | ||||||||
 Normal | 9.1 (741) | 7.0 (80) | 5.1 (122) | 6.4 (1250) | 11.4 (1047) | 9.5 (113) | 5.8 (148) | 8.0 (1619) |
 At riskc | 22.5 (1840) | 31.0 (353) | 22.8 (541) | 18.1 (3546) | 26.2 (2398) | 33.6 (402) | 26.3 (666) | 21.4 (4330) |
 Not assessed/missing | 68.4 (5590) | 62.0 (706) | 72.0 (1709) | 75.5 (14766) | 62.4 (5710) | 56.9 (680) | 67.9 (1723) | 70.6 (14313) |
Smoking status | ||||||||
 Never smoker | 67.7 (5532) | 43.3 (494) | 48.8 (1157) | 55.9 (10942) | 68.4 (6260) | 42.0 (502) | 49.0 (1242) | 57.6 (11673) |
 Current smoker | 22.1 (1808) | 25.1 (286) | 31.5 (747) | 20.3 (3978) | 22.2 (2028) | 24.5 (293) | 31.1 (789) | 20.5 (4155) |
 Ex-smoker | 10.2 (831) | 31.5 (359) | 9.3 (220) | 10.9 (2130) | 9.5 (867) | 33.5 (400) | 9.8 (249) | 10.9 (2211) |
 Missing |  |  | 10.5 (248) | 12.8 (2512) |  |  | 10.1 (257) | 11.0 (2223) |
CVD targets achieved | ||||||||
 Blood pressure | 79.6 (5325) | 20.7 (203) | 42.2 (811) | 67.8 (9609) | 80.9 (6360) | 20.5 (228) | 46.1 (976) | 68.4 (10586) |
 Total cholesterol | 11.4 (769) | 22.7 (212) | 53.9 (904) | 20.5 (2462) | 11.3 (877) | 24.7 (255) | 52.5 (1006) | 20.3 (2708) |
 LDL cholesterol | 13.9 (938) | 26.0 (243) | 55.2 (926) | 25.0 (3010) | 13.9 (1080) | 25.8 (267) | 54.5 (1043) | 24.6 (3282) |
 HDL cholesterol | 92.5 (6234) | 73.4 (686) | 78.7 (1320) | 86.7 (10418) | 93.0 (7240) | 73.2 (757) | 80.1 (1534) | 86.6 (11698) |
Prescribed BP- and lipid-lowering medicationsd | 16.6 (1357) | 42.5 (484) | 69.8 (1656) | 25.1 (4901) | 16.0 (1464) | 44.1 (527) | 68.9 (1748) | 25.2 (5096) |