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Table 1 Proportion of patients with a cholesterol test and proportion with a cholesterol test and with lipid-lowering drugs, in the years 1994 and 2003

From: Trends in total cholesterol screening and in prescribing lipid-lowering drugs in general practice in the period 1994–2003

age group

proportion of patients in YCG* with cholesterol test

proportion of patients with medication in the group with cholesterol test (%)

 

1994

2003

1994

2003

 

n

%

n

%

  

25–44

2304

12.20

2924

15.80

8.72

5.54

45–64

3927

29.69

6493

37.91

32.82

26.17

65–74

2097

39.68

3705

55.91

33.14

40.89

75+

925

27.78

2672

41.51

11.35

35.40

  1. *yearly contact group (patients seen in the practice during a year)