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Table 2 Percentages of general practitioners (GPs) starting antihypertensive treatment for the eight individual cases (n = 2053 GPs)

From: Variation in GP decisions on antihypertensive treatment in oldest-old and frail individuals across 29 countries

Cases

Proportion of GPs starting treatment

Case Characteristics

 

% (95% CI)

Frailty

CVD

SBP 160 mmHg

Overall

54.9 (54.1–55.7)

   

Case 1

17.3 (15.7–19.0)

Case 2

18.2 (16.6–20.0)

+

Case 3

85.4 (83.7–86.9)

+

Case 4

75.6 (73.6–77.5)

+

+

Case 5

96.8 (95.9–97.5)

+

+

Case 6

84.9 (83.2–86.4)

+

+

+

Case 7

32.5 (30.4–34.6)

+

Case 8

29.5 (27.5–31.6)

+

+

  1. CVD cardiovascular disease, SBP systolic blood pressure
  2. Although 2543 GPs participated, missing data on GPs’ decisions to treat the eight cases means that only 2053 GPs are included here