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Table 2 Characteristics of stroke/transient ischaemic attack patients recorded with clinical domain 'top level' exception codes

From: Are different groups of patients with stroke more likely to be excluded from the new UK general medical services contract? A cross-sectional retrospective analysis of a large primary care population

 

Unsuitable for inclusion n = 1749

Refusal or no response to letters to attend clinic n = 449

 

n (% Stroke)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

n (% Stroke)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Gender:

    

Men*

623 (3.9)

1.00

218 (1.3)

1.00

Women

1126 (7.0)

1.51 (1.36–1.68)

231 (1.4)

1.07 (0.89–1.29)

Ageband:

    

<65*

189 (2.4)

1.00

150 (1.9)

1.00

65–74

257 (2.7)

1.13 (0.93–1.37)

105 (1.1)

0.60 (0.46–0.77)

>75

1303 (8.7)

3.15 (2.69–3.69)

194 (1.3)

0.70 (0.56–0.87)

Deprivation:

    

Quintile 1*

362 (5.8)

1.00

76 (1.2)

1.00

Quintile 2

391 (5.6)

1.03 (0.88–1.19)

72 (1.0)

0.83 (0.60–1.15)

Quintile 3

414 (5.8)

1.05 (0.90–1.21)

89 (1.2)

1.00 (0.73–1.36)

Quintile 4

324 (4.5)

0.84 (0.71–0.98)

95 (1.3)

1.08 (0.80–1.46)

Quintile 5

258 (5.5)

1.15 (0.97–1.36)

117 (2.5)

2.02 (1.50–2.70)

Co-morbidities:

    

0*†

529 (4.8)

1.00

140 (1.3)

1.00

1

614 (5.8)

1.08 (0.96–1.22)

171 (1.6)

1.29 (1.03–1.62)

2

338 (5.1)

0.91 (0.79–1.05)

86 (1.3)

1.08 (0.82–1.42)

3+

268 (6.5)

1.14 (0.97–1.33)

52 (1.3)

1.06 (0.76–1.46)

Dementia:

    

No*

1474 (4.7)

1.00

433 (1.4)

1.00

Yes

275 (28.0)

5.32 (4.56–6.20)

16 (1.6)

1.25 (0.75–2.09)

  1. *Reference group for odds ratio
  2. † Stroke-related co-morbidity including diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, heart failure and peripheral vascular disease.