Associations between blood pressure control and clinical events suggestive of nutrition care documented in electronic health records of patients with hypertension

Table 2 Rates of nutrition care events

	Total Patients (n = 4,237)	Black Patients (n = 2,198)	White Patients (n = 2,039)
Median Nutrition Care^a (range)	1 (0, 16)	1 (0, 16)	1 (0, 15)
Nutrition Care^b n (%)
Year 1	1,855 (43.8%)	950 (43.2%)	905 (44.4%)
Year 2	1,538 (39.0%)	831 (40.6%)	707 (37.3%)
Year 3	533 (16.4%)	251 (15.2%)	282 (17.6%)
Preventive Visits^e n (%)
Year 1	664 (15.7%)	319 (14.5%)	345 (16.9%)
Year 2	573 (14.5%)	268 (13.1%)	305 (16.1%)
Year 3	203 (6.2%)	85 (5.1%)	118 (7.4%)
Overweight/Obesity Diagnosis^d n (%)
Year 1	329 (7.8%)	204 (9.3%)	125 (6.1%)
Year 2	295 (7.5%)	210 (10.3%)	85 (4.5%)
Year 3	98 (3.0%)	61 (3.7%)	37 (2.3%)
Patient Education Materials^c n (%)
Year 1	1,219 (28.8%)	617 (28.1%)	602 (29.5%)
Year 2	965 (24.5%)	530 (25.9%)	435 (23.0%)
Year 3	278 (8.5%)	125 (7.6%)	153 (9.5%)
Missing Blood Pressure^f
Year 2	296 (7.0%)	151 (6.9%)	145 (7.1%)
Year 3	983 (23.2%)	547 (24.9%)	436 (21.4%)

^aNumber of nutrition care services documented per patient across the study period. Services were flagged (yes/no) based on the list of International Classification of Diseases version 10 (ICD-10) diagnosis and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
^bNumber of patients who received at least one form of nutrition care across the study period
^cNumber of patients who received at least one patient education material (PEM) across the study period
^dNumber of patients who were diagnosed with overweight or obesity (ICD-10: Z68.XX; Z71.3; R63.5; E66.XX; E88.81) across the study period
^eNumber of patients who were provided with a preventive care visit (CPT: 99,381–99,387, 99,391–99,397) that includes counseling about chronic disease risk factors and management strategies across the study period
^fProportions of nutrition care services for years 2 and 3 are based on patients who were not censored: Year 1: n = 3,941; Year 2: n = 3,254

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