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Table 5 Marginal effect estimates of health care expenditures in patients with arterial hypertension according to adherence to treatment and level of physical activity in an adjusted analyse.

From: Interrelationship between arterial hypertension, health service costs, therapeutic treatment and physical activity

 

Marginal effects (US$)

 

Consultation (adjusted)

Laboratory tests (adjusted)

Medication (adjusted)

Total primary care(adjusted)

Total sec. and terc. care (adjusted)

 
 

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

Estim. (S.E.)

[95% CI]

 

NOR + ACTIVE (reference) (n = 30)

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

NOR + IA (n = 72)

6.42 (4.69)

-2.76; 1..6

-2.35 (2.38)

-7.03; 2.32

11.2 (6.96)

-2.40; 24.9

11.9 (9.50)

-6.64; 30.6

-22.5 (208.1)

-430.4; 385.3

 

AHNOTADH+ACTIVE (n = 137)

20.6** (5.43)

10.0; 31.3

0.78 (2.62)

-4.36; 5.92

32.2** (8.21)

16.1; 48.3

51.7** (11.3)

29.5; 73.9

252.8 (241.2)

-220.0; 725.7

 

AHNOTADH+IA (n = 43)

14.1* (6.54)

1.33; 26.9

4.71 (3.90)

-2.92; 12.3

13.3 (8.85)

-3.98; 30.7

29.1* (13.2)

3.18; 55.0

142.9 (265.9)

-378.3; 664.3

 

AHADH+IA (n = 16)

24.1* (11.3)

1.90; 46.3

-1.18 (3.35)

-7.76; 5.39

56.6** (28.0)

1.65; 111.5

71.6** (26.7)

19.2; 123.9

265.5 (378.4)

-476.0; 1007.2

 

AHADH+ACTIVE (n = 8)

12.5 (11.9)

1.90; 46.3

-5.27* (2.48)

-10.1; -0.39

-4.55 (7.99)

-20.2; 11.1

0.20 (16.2)

-31.7; 31.1

-51.3 (357.8)

-75.7; 649.9

 

Confounding variables

         

Gender (female)

11.6** (4.25)

3.27; 19.9

1.55 (1.47)

-1.34; 4.45

-5.90 (6.93)

-19.5; 7.69

10.8 (8.50)

-5.82; 27.5

-167.4 (132.1)

-426.4; 91.6

 

Age

0.26 (0.24)

-0.22; 0.75

0.10 (0.09)

-0.07; 0.28

0.38 (0.44)

-0.48; 1.25

0.63 (0.52)

-0.39; 1.66

1.38 (5.22)

-14.7; 17.5

 

WC

-0.01 (0.13)

-0.27; 0.24

-0.04 (0.04)

-0.13; -0.05

0.15 (0.28)

-0.41; 0.71

-0.05 (0.30)

-0.54; -0.65

-6.19 (4.93)

-15.8; 3.47

 

Sum of diseases

12.3* (5.34)

1.87; 22.8

1.20 (1.78)

-2.29; 4.71

26.1** (10.1)

6.25; 45.9

37.5** (11.4)

15.0; 60.0

126.0 (170.7)

-208.6; 460.6

 
  1. Test GLM. * <5%. ** <1%. S.E. = std. error. Estim.= estimate. WC = waist circumference. CI = confidence interval. sec.= secondary; terc.= tertiary. NOR + ACTIVE = normotensive + physically active. NOR + IA = normotensive + insufficiently active. AHNOTADH+ACTIVE = hypertensive not/partially adherent + physically active. AHNOTADH+IA = hypertensive not/partially adherent + insufficiently active. AHADH+ACTIVE = hypertensive adherent + physically active. AHADH+IA = active hypertensive adherent + insufficiently active.