Cardiovascular risk management in patients with coronary heart disease in primary care: variation across countries and practices. An observational study based on quality indicators

Table 3 Indicator scores

		Advice/contraindication physical activity	Influenza vaccination	Antiplatelet therapy if not contra-indicated	Statin recorded/offered	SBP below threshold¹	DBP below threshold²	LDL below threshold³
Austria	Mean	61.1	49.9	86.4	78.8	46.7	86.0	59.1
	SD	30.8	29.2	25.1	22.5	20.9	9.5	22.5
	p	.062	.012	.739	.317	.850	.871	.022
Belgium	Mean	39.3	90.7↑	90.1	85.8	55.4	85.0	46.6
	SD	32.1	12.2	12.3	12.2	21.3	12.6	16.3
	p	.317	.000	.553	.427	.065	.870	.816
England	Mean	48.1	87.3↑	90.8	90.2↑	43.3	95.7↑	65.5↑
	SD	30.7	14.4	10.5	10.8	14.8	5.1	15.1
	p	.917	.000	.171	.002	.404	.000	.000
France	Mean	45.7	50.7	88.0	86.4	61.4	90.2	38.9
	SD	39.0	31.9	15.3	21.4	18.3	10.7	19.6
	p	.876	.114	.966	.513	.029	.260	.247
Germany	Mean	56.3	74.9	69.3	69.5↓	52.3	81.2	37.1
	SD	45.0	31.4	25.4	17.1	20.5	10.8	13.8
	p	.497	.520	.023	.006	.282	.204	.090
Netherlands	Mean	28.8↓	96.8↑	82.8	77.9	28.9↓	81.0	43.0
	SD	22.9	5.8	18.2	15.9	15.6	12.7	20.8
	p	.000	.000	.129	.120	.000	.046	.261
Slovenia	Mean	54.9	33.3↓	92.9↑	84.2	46.0	80.2	37.8
	SD	29.5	32.6	8.9	13.2	18.7	12.5	20.7
	p	.212	.000	.010	.612	.968	.018	.016
Switzerland	Mean	52.3	56.9	94.1	84.7	59.8↑	87.3	41.5
	SD	38.9	28.1	9.9	15.2	23.4	11.5	23.7
	p	.567	.159	.128	.625	.010	.570	.303
Total	Mean	47.4	68.8	87.7	82.7	45.8	85.5	47.5
	SD	33.0	33.5	16.9	16.3	20.9	12.1	21.8

Mean practice scores (%) per country and across countries with standardized variation. Scores significantly deviating from the mean of all countries are marked when p<0.01, with p values displayed.
¹ SBP below threshold: SBP<140 mmHg.
² DBP below threshold: DBP<90 mmHg.
³ LDL below threshold: LDL<2.5 mmol/l.

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