Physicians’ Perceptions and Adherence to Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension: A National, Multicentre, Prospective Study
Table 3
Case mix by specialty*.
Total
Cardiologists
Internists
GPs
value
High cardiovascular risk†
494 (75.5%)
260 (73.9%)
99 (82.5%)
135 (74.2%)
0.22
Diabetes mellitus
123 (18.8%)
56 (15.9%)
40 (33.3%)
27 (14.85)
<0.001
Chronic kidney disease
20 (3.1%)
6 (1.7%)
8 (6.7%)
6 (3.3%)
0.02
CVD
116 (17.7%)
75 (21.3%)
17 (14.2%)
24 (13.2%)
0.04
Coronary artery disease
96 (14.7%)
66 (18.8%)
11 (9.2%)
19 (10.4%)
<0.01
Stroke
21 (3.2%)
12 (3.4%)
5 (4.2%)
4 (2.2%)
0.61
Peripheral artery disease
14 (2.1%)
4 (1.1%)
1 (0.8%)
9 (5.0%)
0.01
*Data are presented as absolute and relative frequencies. †High cardiovascular risk indicates the presence of any of the following: established cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, or three or more risk factors [14].
