Table 2 |
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Baseline characteristics of the patients within the 3 practices of interest |
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| Characteristic |
Practice A |
Practice B |
Practice C |
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| Black patients (n = 179) |
White patients (n = 1,079) |
Hispanic patients (n = 254) |
White patients (n = 2,526) |
Black patients (n = 117) |
White patients (n = 491) |
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| Demographics |
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| Age (mean ± s.d.) |
54.2 ± 15.2**** |
60.7 ± 17.8 |
34.5 ± 17.9 |
33.7 ± 18.9 |
42.0 ± 16.7*** |
51.2 ± 16.9 |
| Gender (% female) |
68.7 |
69.2 |
46.1*** |
57.9 |
67.5* |
56.4 |
| Medical conditions |
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| Hypertension (%) |
50.8 |
51.1 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
21.4 |
21.0 |
| Hyperlipidemia (%) |
33.5*** |
47.5 |
5.5 |
4.1 |
0.9* |
5.3 |
| Diabetes (%) |
12.9 |
9.7 |
4.3* |
2.0 |
12.0 |
7.5 |
| Coronary disease (%) |
7.8 |
11.7 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Heart failure (%) |
2.2 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
1.7 |
0.6 |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) |
1.1 |
3.9 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
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* p < 0.05 when compared to white patients within the particular practice ** p < 0.01 when compared to white patients within the particular practice *** p < 0.001 when compared to white patients within the particular practice **** p < 0.0001 when compared to white patients within the particular practice |
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Nietert et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2004 3:12 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-3-12 |
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