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Regular Provider (n = 649) No Regular Provider (n = 56) P Age, mean years (SD) 57.5 (10.8) 50.9 (12.2) .0002 Gender (%) .24 Male 216 (33.3) 23 (41.0) Female 433 (66.7) 33 (59.0) Smoking status (%) .67 Smoker 99 (15.3) 11 (19.6) Nonsmoker 521 (80.3) 43 (76.8) Unknown 29 (4.5) 2 (3.5) Regular Provider (n = 649) No Regular Provider (n = 56) P Glycated hemoglobin 7.70 (2.17) 8.53 (2.42) .01 Blood pressure (mm) Systolic 135.3 (22.6) 134.5 (22.3) .73 Diastolic 74.7 (11.9) 77.6 (12.1) .08 Low-density lipoprotein 100.2 (35.8) 107.3 (36.7) .19 Data values provided as mean (SD).
Regular Provider (%) (n = 649) No Regular Provider (%) (n = 56) P* HbA1C ≤7.0 51.4 41.1 .10 Blood pressure Systolic ≤130 49.2 50.8 .56 Diastolic ≤80 73.2 62.7 .02 LDL ≤100 52.2 53.7 .09 Using daily aspirin 70.7 64.4 .31 Received annual influenza immunization 51.8 35.6 .02 Received pneumococcal immunization 32.2 33.9 .79 * χ2 test.
HbA1C, glycated hemoglobin; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.