Skip to main content

Table 3 Clinical and laboratory evaluation by the respondents according to the number of years post-registration

From: The approach of general practitioners in Lagos to the detection and evaluation of hypertension

Evaluation ( n )

All

Years post-registration

 

n (%)

<10 years

≥10 years

χ 2 / p value

n (%)

n (%)

 

FH of HTN (398)

349 (87.7%)

155 (84.2%)

194 (90.7%)

3.77/0.052

FH of DM (403)

305 (75.7%)

137 (72.5%)

168 (78.5%)

1.98/0.16

PH of DM (400)

312 (78%)

158 (84.9%)

154 (72%)

9.78/0.002

Obesity evaluation (400)

183 (45.8%)

83 (43.9%)

100 (47.4%)

0.49/0.49

Alcohol history (403)

297 (73.7%)

148 (78.3%)

149 (69.6%)

3.901/0.048

Tobacco history (398)

297 (74.6%)

133 (70.4%)

164 (78.5%)

3.44/0.064

Physical activity (383)

251 (65.5%)

109 (59.2%)

142 (71.4%)

6.22/0.013

Urinalysis (403)

324 (80.4%)

129 (68.3%)

196 (91.6%)

33.3/<0.001

Blood glucose (398)

248 (62.3%)

117 (61.9%)

131 (62.7%)

0.028/0.87

E U Cr (399)

245 (61.4%)

131 (69.3%)

114 (54.3%)

9.48/0.002

Lipogram (403)

166 (41.2%)

82 (43.4%)

84 (43.4%)

0.71/0.40

Fundoscopy (400)

21 (5.25%)

10 (5.3%)

11 (5.2%)

0.001/0.97

Electrocardiography (398)

204 (51.3%)

105 (55.6%)

99 (47.4%)

2.67/0.103

  1. FH family history, HTN hypertension, PH personal history, DM diabetes mellitus, E U Cr serum electrolytes and creatinine.