Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges

Table 4 Baseline physician characteristics (N = 32)

Characteristic	%*
Age, mean years (SD)	47.9 (9.9)
Female sex	34
African-American race	16
Family medicine specialty	53
Internal medicine specialty	47
Years since MD degree, mean (SD)	20.7 (10.0)
Patients with HTN	28.9
Very familiar with JNC guidelines	31

* Unless otherwise indicated.
HTN = hypertension; JNC = Joint National Committee on Prevention, Evaluation, Detection, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure; SD = standard deviation.

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