Practice development plans to improve the primary care management of acute asthma: randomised controlled trial

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Table 2 Comparison of audit data at baseline, 6 m and 12 m in 'early' vs. 'delayed' groups

	Baseline audit			6-month audit			12-month audit
	Early	Delayed	p-value	Early	Delayed	p-value	Early	Delayed	p-value
Number of episodes submitted	54	133		62	112		86	98
Mean age (SE)	38.41 (3.66)	39.82 (1.91)	0.71	33.15 (2.73)	36.04 (1.87)	0.37	38.28 (2.68)	36.44 (1.89)	0.98
Gender: male % (n)	44 (24)	32 (42)	0.12	53 (33)	46 (52)	0.39	43 (37)	32 (31)	0.11
Peak flow compared with best
Unadjusted data % (n)	28 (15)	33 (44)	0.48	42 (26)	29 (32)	0.07	77 (66)	37 (36)	<0.001
Adjusted data %*	-	-	-	54	34	0.18	79	45	0.07

*Using analysis of covariance, p-value refers to the significance between groups after adjustment for baseline value and practice

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