Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the patients within the 3 practices of interest
Characteristic | Practice A | Practice B | Practice C | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Black patients (n = 179) | White patients (n = 1,079) | Hispanic patients (n = 254) | White patients (n = 2,526) | Black patients (n = 117) | White patients (n = 491) |
Demographics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Age (mean ± s.d.) | 54.2 ± 15.2**** | 60.7 ± 17.8 | 34.5 ± 17.9 | 33.7 ± 18.9 | 42.0 ± 16.7*** | 51.2 ± 16.9 |
   Gender (% female) | 68.7 | 69.2 | 46.1*** | 57.9 | 67.5* | 56.4 |
Medical conditions | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Hypertension (%) | 50.8 | 51.1 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 21.4 | 21.0 |
   Hyperlipidemia (%) | 33.5*** | 47.5 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 0.9* | 5.3 |
   Diabetes (%) | 12.9 | 9.7 | 4.3* | 2.0 | 12.0 | 7.5 |
   Coronary disease (%) | 7.8 | 11.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
   Heart failure (%) | 2.2 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
   Atrial fibrillation (%) | 1.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |