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

Ale, Olagoke Korede; Braimoh, Rotimi William; Olayemi, Sunday O

doi:10.1186/s40885-015-0017-6

Clinical Hypertension

Table 4 Relationships of the number of patients seen per day, age and experience of physicians to selected practices

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

Practice		Total number of patients seen per day	p value	Number of HTN patients seen per day	p value	Age of physicians (years)	p value	Years post-registration (years)	p value
Practice		Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value	Mean ± SD	p value
Routinely check BP	Y	17.7 ± 11.8	0.33	4.2 ± 3.2	0.34	43.8 ± 11. 5	<0.01	17.8 ± 11.2	<0.01
Routinely check BP	N	19.2 ± 19.9	0.33	4.6 ± 3.9	0.34	32.1 ± 5.5	<0.01	7.1 ± 6.3	<0.01
Correct HTN threshold	Y	13.2 ± 14.5	0.53	3.8 ± 0.9	0.05	38.9 ± 10.6	<0.01	13.4 ± 10.8	<0.01
Correct HTN threshold	N	17.1 ± 13.5	0.53	4.6 ± 3.7	0.05	43.3 ± 12.7	<0.01	17.0 ± 11.7	<0.01
PH of diabetes	Y	13.2 ± 15.4	0.58	4.6 ± 3.8	0.02	39.5 ± 10.6	0.03	13.4 ± 10.8	<0.01
PH of diabetes	N	17.2 ± 9.1	0.58	3.6 ± 2.2	0.02	42.6 ± 13.3	0.03	17.9 ± 11.5	<0.01
FH of diabetes	Y	16.5 ± 10.9	<0.01	4.4 ± 3.8	0.81	40.3 ± 10.6	0.57	14.7 ± 10.7	0.24
FH of diabetes	N	22.1 ± 1.1	<0.01	4.3 ± 0.5	0.81	39.5 ± 13.5	0.57	13.2 ± 12.3	0.24
FH of HTN	Y	16.4 ± 10.5	<0.01	4.4 ± 3.6	0.76	40.5 ± 10.8	0.25	14.8 ± 10.8	0.11
FH of HTN	N	28.3 ± 27.7	<0.01	4.2 ± 2.7	0.76	38.4 ± 15.0	0.25	12.0 ± 13.0	0.11
Obesity assessment	Y	16.6 ± 0.8	0.11	4.2 ± 3.8	0.47	40.5 ± 10.4	0.57	14.2 ± 10.8	0.86
Obesity assessment	N	13.9 ± 16.7	0.11	4.5 ± 3.8	0.47	39.8 ± 12.2	0.57	14.4 ± 10.5	0.86
BG assessment	Y	18.0 ± 11.7	0.80	4.6 ± 3.8	0.02	40.1 ± 11.6	0.61	15.6 ± 11.1	<0.01
BG assessment	N	17.6 ± 17.9	0.80	3.8 ± 2.9	0.02	39.5 ± 10.4	0.61	8.9 ± 9.5	<0.01
Urinalysis	Y	16.8 ± 11.3	<0.01	4.0 ± 3.5	<0.01	41.3 ± 11.5	<0.01	14.1 ± 11.2	0.84
Urinalysis	N	22.2 ± 22.3	<0.01	6.0 ± 2.9	<0.01	35.1 ± 9.2	<0.01	14.3 ± 10.9	0.84
E U Cr	Y	17.6 ± 11.3	0.47	4.6 ± 3.8	0.14	39.1 ± 11.2	0.047	13.0 ± 10.9	<0.01
E U Cr	N	18.6 ± 18.1	0.47	4.1 ± 2.9	0.14	41.4 ± 11.4	0.047	16.0 ± 11.0	<0.01
ECG	Y	18.2 ± 12.1	0.72	4.7 ± 3.7	0.14	38.9 ± 10.3	0.15	12.9 ± 10.3	0.04
ECG	N	17.7 ± 16.4	0.72	4.1 ± 3.3	0.14	40.5 ± 11.3	0.15	15.2 ± 11.3	0.04
Lipogram	Y	18.0 ± 12.9	0.93	5.1 ± 4.0	<0.01	39.6 ± 10.6	0.52	13.6 ± 11.2	0.4
Lipogram	N	17.8 ± 15.2	0.93	3.9 ± .07	<0.01	40.4 ± 11.9	0.52	14.7 ± 11.1	0.4

HTN hypertension, FH family history, PH personal history, DM diabetes mellitus, BG blood glucose, E U Cr serum electrolytes and creatinine. ECG electrocardiography, Y yes, N no.

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