Proportion of patients who reached targets values for blood pressure†, cholesterol‡, and glucose§
| Educational level | p Value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | High | ||
| *p Values adjusted for age and gender through logistic regression modelling; | ||||
| †systolic blood pressure<140 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure<90 mm Hg; | ||||
| ‡total cholesterol<5 mmol/l; | ||||
| §fasting glucose<7 mmol/l. Data shown as percentages. | ||||
| Blood pressure† | ||||
| No antihypertensive drugs | 55.1 | 49.0 | 54.6 | p = 0.14 |
| Antihypertensive drugs | 46.6 | 48.9 | 53.3 | p = 0.06 |
| Total cholesterol‡ | ||||
| No lipid lowering drugs | 29.5 | 26.0 | 26.9 | p = 0.10 |
| Lipid lowering drugs | 49.8 | 49.0 | 54.4 | p = 0.14 |
| Glucose§ | ||||
| Diabetes not reported | 89.0 | 88.5 | 90.8 | p = 0.16 |
| Self reported diabetes | 25.2 | 29.8 | 29.9 | p = 0.10 |