Blood pressure and cholesterol measurements in primary care: cross-sectional analyses in a dynamic cohort

Background: Guidelines on cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) recommend blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol measurements every 5 years in men aged ≥40 years and (post-menopausal) women aged ≥50 years. Aim: To evaluate CVRM guideline implementation. Design & setting: Cross-sectional analyses in a dynamic cohort using primary care electronic health record (EHR) data from the Julius General Practitioners’ Network (JGPN) (n = 388 929). Method: Trends (2008–2018) were assessed in the proportion of patients with at least one measurement (BP and cholesterol) every 1, 2, and 5 years, in those wi... Mehr ...