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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics in the high continuity of care group and low continuity of care group in the baseline period before matching (July–August 2012)

From: Effect of continuity of care on health-related quality of life in adult patients with hypertension: a cohort study in China

Variables

High continuity of care group

Low continuity of care group

p

Number of observations

123

956

-

Age (years), median (range)

70 (43–94)

69 (36–108)

0.659

Female, n(%)

64 (52.03)

530 (55.44)

0.475

Higher than primary educational level, n(%)

25 (20.33)

162 (16.95)

0.351

Married, n(%)

91 (73.98)

651 (68.10)

0.185

Duration of hypertension (years), median (range)

5 (3–38)

5 (3–63)

0.444

Health care provision capacity-high, n(%)

66 (53.66)

500 (52.30)

0.777

Hypertension intervention type

  

<0.001

 No intervention, n(%)

1 (0.08)

300 (31.38)

-

 One intervention, n(%)

42 (34.15)

243 (25.42)

-

 Two interventions, n(%)

80 (65.04)

413 (43.20)

-

Physical functioning, median (range)

55 (0–100)

70 (0–100)

<0.001

Role-physical, median (range)

0 (0–100)

0 (0–100)

0.043

Body pain, median (range)

52 (10–100)

62 (0–100)

0.993

General health, median (range)

35 (0–92)

40 (0–100)

0.795

Vitality, median (range)

50 (10–85)

55 (10–90)

0.060

Social functioning, median (range)

62.5 (0–100)

75 (0–100)

0.018

Role-emotional, median (range)

0 (0–100)

0 (0–100)

0.001

Mental health, median (range)

52 (12–88)

56 (8–88)

0.029

Reported Health Transition, median (range)

50 (25–100)

50 (0–100)

0.161

PCS, median (range)

38.75 (3–98)

42.75 (0–99.25)

0.053

MCS, median (range)

45 (9.75–90.25)

53 (4.50–94.5)

0.003