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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (N = 1101)

From: Implementing the European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in the primary care setting in Cyprus: Lessons learned from a health care services study

Characteristic

Men (n = 414)

N (%)

Women (n = 687)

N (%)

Total (N = 1101)

N (%)

 

Mean ± SD

Age (years)

67 ± 10.7

67 ± 10.6

67 ± 11

Age groups (years)

   

≤64

158 (38.2)

276 (40.2)

434 (39.4)

≥65

255 (61.6)

410 (59.7)

665 (59.5)

Missing

1 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

2 (0.2)

Diagnoses

   

• DM2

134 (32.4)

161 (23.4)

295 (26.8)

• Hypertension

307 (74.2)

530 (77.1)

837 (76.0)

• Hyperlipidemia

144 (34.8)

264 (38.4)

408 (37.1)

SCORE risk category

   

1. CVD+/- DM2*

68 (16.4)

35 (5.1)

103 (9.4)

2. DM2 no CVD

114 (27.5)

146 (21.3)

260 (23.6)

3. High risk**

40 (9.7)

34 (4.9)

74 (6.7)

4. Low risk

11 (2.7)

90 (13.1)

101 (9.2)

5. Unclassified risk status‡‡

189 (45.7)

374 (54.4)

563 (51.1)

Smoking status

   

• Current smokers

31 (7.5)

10 (1.5)

41 (3.7)

• Former smokers

64 (15.5)

11 (1.6)

75 (6.8)

• Non-smokers

52 (12.6)

196 (28.5)

248 (22.5)

• Missing smoking status

267 (64.5)

470 (68.4)

737 (66.9)

  1. CVD*: definitions see text; DM2: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  2. **Patients with neither CVD nor DM2 but with multiple risk factors resulting in a 10 year risk of ≥5% for developing a fatal CVD event; Patients with TC ≥320 mg/dl (≥8 mmol/l) or LDL ≥240 mg/dl (≥6 mmlo/l) or BP ≥180/110 mmHg.
  3. Patients with neither CVD nor DM2 but with multiple risk factors resulting in a 10 year risk of <5% for developing a fatal CVD event.
  4. ‡‡ Patients with neither CVD nor DM2 but with missing data on risk factors for score calculation