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Table 3 Characteristics of patients prescribed (Yes) not prescribed (No) cardiovascular drug*

From: NHS health checks: a cross- sectional observational study on equity of uptake and outcomes

Prescribed any CVD drug within three months following NHS Health Checks

Maximum N (n = 13,733)

Complete cases (n = 12,606)

No

Yes

Crude OR a

No

Yes

Crude OR a

Adjusted OR b

95% CI c

p-value d

Age e, n (%)

 N

12,572

1161

13,733

11,565

1041

12,606

12,606

   

 ≤ 49 years

4724 (37.6)

183 (15.8)

 

4229 (36.6)

162 (15.6)

    

0.003

 50–59 years

3782 (30.1)

282 (24.3)

1.92

3477 (30.1)

246 (23.6)

1.85

1.42

1.13

1.79

 

 60–69 years

3007 (23.9)

429 (37.0)

3.68

2851 (24.7)

390 (37.5)

3.57

1.60

1.22

2.10

 

 ≥ 70 years

1059 (8.4)

267 (23.0)

6.51

1008 (8.7)

243 (23.3)

6.29

1.64

1.14

2.35

 

Gender, n (%)

 N

12,572

1161

13,733

11,565

1041

12,606

12,606

   

 Female

6733 (53.6)

540 (46.5)

 

6228 (53.9)

493 (47.4)

    

0.020

 Male

5839 (46.4)

621 (53.5)

1.33

5337 (46.1)

548 (52.6)

1.30

0.85

0.74

0.97

 

National Index of Multiple Deprivation, n (%)

 N

12,547

1157

13,704

11,565

1041

12,606

12,606

   

 Quintile 1 (least deprived)

1731 (13.8)

174 (15.0)

 

1685 (14.6)

165 (15.9)

    

0.501

 Quintile 2

2817 (22.5)

248 (21.4)

0.88

2711 (23.4)

232 (22.3)

0.87

0.88

0.71

1.10

 

 Quintile 3

1962 (15.6)

173 (15.0)

0.88

1856 (16.0)

161 (15.5)

0.89

0.88

0.67

1.14

 

 Quintile 4

3329 (26.5)

315 (27.2)

0.94

3029 (26.2)

271 (26.0)

0.91

0.96

0.75

1.23

 

 Quintile 5 (most deprived)

2708 (21.6)

247 (21.3)

0.91

2284 (19.7)

212 (20.4)

0.95

1.06

0.82

1.38

 

Ethnicity, n (%)

 N

12,572

1161

13,733

11,565

1041

12,606

12,606

   

 White ethnicities

10,599 (84.3)

1013 (87.3)

 

9997 (86.4)

932 (89.5)

    

0.751

 Mixed

365 (2.9)

18 (1.6)

0.52

289 (2.5)

15 (1.4)

0.56

0.96

0.49

1.87

 

 Asian or British Asian

478 (3.8)

46 (4.0)

1.01

373 (3.2)

28 (2.7)

0.81

0.97

0.65

1.45

 

 Other Black

485 (3.9)

29 (2.5)

0.63

349 (3.0)

22 (2.1)

0.68

1.16

0.76

1.77

 

 Other ethnic groups

207 (1.6)

17 (1.5)

0.86

190 (1.6)

14 (1.3)

0.79

1.31

0.82

2.08

 

 Not stated

438 (3.5)

38 (3.3)

0.91

367 (3.2)

30 (2.9)

0.88

0.84

0.62

1.15

 

QRisk, n (%)

 N

11,583

1043

12,626

11,565

1041

12,606

12,606

   

 Low

7447 (64.3)

329 (31.5)

 

7435 (64.3)

329 (31.6)

    

<  0.001

 Medium

2950 (25.5)

323 (31.0)

2.48

2947 (25.5)

323 (31.0)

2.48

2.04

1.65

2.52

 

 High

1186 (10.2)

391 (37.5)

7.46

1183 (10.2)

389 (37.4)

7.43

6.16

4.51

8.40

 
  1. Notes
  2. * Prescribed /not prescribed a cardiovascular drug within three months of completing and NHS Health Check
  3. OR presented for being prescribed a cardiovascular drug after controlling for age, gender IMD, ethnicity and Q-risk score
  4. a. Odds ratios reported from logistic regressions clustered by practice (33 clusters), dependent variable: prescribed CVD drug within three months of attending NHS Health Check
  5. b. Adjusted odds ratios reported from logistic regression clustered by practice (33 clusters) for model with age, gender, IMD, ethnicity and QRisk; dependent variable: prescribed CVD drug within three months of attending NHS Health Check
  6. c. 95% confidence intervals reported for adjusted odds ratios (model with age, gender, IMD and ethnicity)
  7. d. p-values reported for Wald tests in model with age, gender, IMD and ethnicity
  8. e. The NHS Health Check program is not intended for under 40s, however a small number of patients were reported as < 40
  9. Bold data represent absolute totals.
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