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Table 1 Summary of CVD risk profile for patients (N = 324,526)

From: A cross-sectional study evaluating cardiovascular risk and statin prescribing in the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network database

Characteristic

Overall CVD Risk

Total Patients

N = 324,526

p-value

Low

n (%)

N = 146,502

(45.1% of total patients)

Medium

n (%)

N = 61,077

(18.8% of total patients)

High

n (%)

N = 116,947

(36.0% of total patients)

Age group in years

  35–39

18,038 (12.31)

363 (0.59)

955 (0.82)

19,356 (5.96)

 < 0.001

  40–44

24,431 (16.68)

1,056 (1.73)

4,565 (3.90)

30,052 (9.26)

  45–49

27,383 (18.69)

3,470 (5.68)

7,363 (6.30)

38,216 (11.78)

  50–54

27,990 (19.11)

8,631 (14.13)

12,407 (10.61)

49,028 (15.11)

  55–59

22,710 (15.50)

12,685 (20.77)

17,838 (15.25)

53,233 (16.40)

  60–64

14,434 (9.85)

13,090 (21.43)

22,366 (19.12)

49,890 (15.37)

  65–69

7,936 (5.42)

11,824 (19.36)

24,743 (21.16)

44,503 (13.71)

  70–75

3,580 (2.44)

9,958 (16.30)

26,710 (22.84)

40,248 (12.40)

Gender

  Male

42,550 (29.04)

34,631 (56.70)

70,195 (60.00)

147,376 (45.41)

 < 0.001

  Female

103,952 (70.96)

26,446 (43.30)

46,752 (40.00)

177,150 (54.59)

Comorbid conditions

  Diabetes Mellitus

1,137 (0.78)

161 (0.26)

61,832 (52.87)

63,130 (19.45)

 < 0.001

  Hypertension

24,489 (16.72)

23,371 (38.26)

59,903 (51.22)

107,763 (33.21)

 < 0.001

  Current smoker

9,848 (6.72)

9,884 (16.18)

20,856 (17.83)

40,588 (12.51)

 < 0.001

Framingham Risk Score

  Low (< 10%)

146,448 (99.96)

–

15,016 (12.84)

161,464 (49.75)

 < 0.001

  Med (10–19%)

–

61,119 (100)

26,570 (22.72

87,689 (27.02)

  High (≥ 20%)

–

–

75,373 (64.45)

75,373 (23.23)

  Statin prescription

9,557 (6.52)

12,705 (20.80)

56,130 (48.00)

78,392 (24.16)

 < 0.001

Socioeconomic deprivation quintile

  Q1 (least deprived)

20,097 (13.72)

8,105 (13.27)

12,172 (10.41)

40,374 (12.44)

 < 0.001

  Q2

22,344 (15.25)

8,349 (13.67)

14,038 (12.00)

44,731 (13.78)

  Q3

17,995 (12.28)

6,917 (11.33)

12,224 (10.45)

37,136 (11.44)

  Q4

12,976 (8.86)

5,133 (8.40)

10,686 (9.14)

28,795 (8.87)

  Q5 (most deprived)

10,749 (7.34)

4,005 (6.56)

10,997 (9.40)

25,751 (7.93)

Missing postal code for SES

62,341 (42.55)

28,568 (46.77)

56,830 (48.59)

147,739 (45.52)

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