Quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice according to patients' ethnic background: a cross-sectional study from Oslo, Norway

Table 5 Proportions (%) reaching national treatment goals in five patient groups.

*Treatment targets*	*All (n = 1653)*	*Norwegians (n = 1129)*	*South Asians (n = 322)*	*MENA* ^b *(n = 81)*	*East Asians (n = 54)*	*Others* ^c *(n = 67)*	P^d
HbA1c (≤7.5%)	68.6	72.6	56.1	68.9	71.2	58.7	<0.001
SBP^a (≤140 mmHg)	69.6	63.6	86.2	80.3	71.7	82.0	<0.001
DBP^a (≤85 mmHg)	80.6	79.0	84.7	87.3	73.9	86.9	0.048
S-Cholesterol (≤5.0 mmol/L)	49.7	49.3	55.1	44.2	35.3	47.7	0.061
All four targets	25.1	25.5	24.9	26.9	26.1	17.5	0.77

^a SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.
^b Patients from Middle East/North Africa.
^c Patients from other regions.
^d p-values. Chi-squared tests were applied to identify differences between ethnic groups achieving the national targets.

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