Table 2 Proportions of women with face-to-face consultations, point-of-care haemoglobin measurements, urine dipstick tests and blood tests in general practice during the year prior to the index date (omitting the last month before index date), including risk ratios. Stratified on number of months prior to index date
Month − 12 to -6.5 | Month − 6.5 to -2 | |||||||||||
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Cases | References | Cases | References | |||||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | RR | 95% CI* | n | (%) | n | (%) | RR | 95% CI* | |
All | 4,255 | (100) | 42,550 | (100) | 4,255 | (100) | 42,550 | (100) | ||||
Consultations | ||||||||||||
0 | 1,223 | (28.74) | 11,856 | (27.86) | 1.02 | 0.97–1.07 | 712 | (16.73) | 11,649 | (27.38) | 0.60 | 0.56–0.65 |
1–4 | 2,304 | (54.15) | 23,292 | (54.74) | 0.99 | 0.96–1.02 | 2,416 | (56.78) | 23,528 | (55.29) | 1.03 | 1.00-1.06 |
5–8 | 548 | (12.88) | 5,528 | (12.99) | 1.01 | 0.93–1.10 | 853 | (20.05) | 5,540 | (13.02) | 1.56 | 1.46–1.66 |
≥9 | 180 | (4.23) | 1,874 | (4.40) | 1.01 | 0.87–1.17 | 274 | (6.44) | 1,833 | (4.31) | 1.56 | 1.38–1.76 |
Hb measurements | ||||||||||||
0 | 3,766 | (88.51) | 37,641 | (88.46) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 3,495 | (82.14) | 37,667 | (88.52) | 0.93 | 0.92–0.94 |
≥1 | 489 | (11.49) | 4,909 | (11.54) | 1.01 | 0.94–1.10 | 760 | (17.86) | 4,883 | (11.48) | 1.57 | 1.48–1.68 |
Urine dipstick tests | ||||||||||||
0 | 3,686 | (86.63) | 37,227 | (87.49) | 0.99 | 0.98-1.00 | 3,164 | (74.36) | 37,114 | (87.22) | 0.85 | 0.84–0.87 |
≥1 | 569 | (13.37) | 5,323 | (12.51) | 1.09 | 1.01–1.18 | 1,091 | (25.64) | 5,436 | (12.78) | 1.99 | 1.88–2.10 |
Blood tests | ||||||||||||
0 | 3,022 | (71.02) | 30,070 | (70.67) | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 2,523 | (59.29) | 29,433 | (69.17) | 0.86 | 0.84–0.88 |
≥1 | 1,233 | (28.98) | 12,480 | (29.33) | 1.01 | 0.96–1.05 | 1,732 | (40.71) | 13,117 | (30.83) | 1.31 | 1.26–1.36 |