Table 5 Practice clusters among newly diagnosed hypertensive patients prior to the pandemic outbreak

BP measurement during first 1.5 years of disease

 BP measured

logit

28.2

 < 0.0001

54.4

29.0

77.8

 Number of BP measurements

linear

3.3

 < 0.0001

18.0

7.0

39.1

 BP measured at least 3 times

logit

13.8

 < 0.0001

54.4

24.4

81.5

 ABPM

logit

23.6

 < 0.0001

79.7

40.3

95.8

 Basis diagnostic

logit

24.4

 < 0.0001

75.2

35.8

94.3

 Health Check-up

logit

28.9

 < 0.0001

61.1

33.2

83.2

Therapy during sample period

 No medical therapy

logit

21.8

 < 0.0001

40.2

18.8

66.1

 Mono-therapy

logit

3.8

 < 0.0001

16.9

6.0

39.5

 Combination-therapy

logit

10.4

 < 0.0001

28.9

12.0

54.8

 Number of different drugs

linear

2.8

 < 0.0001

18.6

7.3

40.1

 Number of different APIs

linear

4.1

 < 0.0001

19.3

7.6

41.1

 Number of different ATCs

linear

4.9

 < 0.0001

20.6

8.2

43.1

 Number of different ACE inhibitors

linear

1.5

 < 0.0001

8.8

3.1

22.6

Outcome quality

   < 140/90 mmHg (during the first year)

logit

0.0

 > 0.999

0.1

0.0

100

   < 140/90 mmHg (after one year)

logit

0.0

0.92

1.7

0.0

11.2