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number Subject Number of respondents Number of GPs 95 Cultural background of patients attending general practice 6,035 202 96 Inhaled corticosteroid use for asthma management 5,911 201 97 Statin medication use among high CHD risk patients attending general practice 2,707 94 98 Management of hypertension and angina in general practice patients 2,919 98 99 Lipid management in patients with high-risk conditions 5,372 183 100 Gastrointestinal symptoms in patients attending general practice 2,801 97 101 Types of medicine use and patient use of medicines list 5,528 187 102 Alzheimer’s disease or dementia in patients attending general practice 2,863 99 103 Cardiovascular risk in patients attending general practice 2,618 99 104 Asthma management and medication use among patients attending general practice 2,862 97 105 Measurement of severity of illness in general practice 4,982 166 106 Weight loss attempts and methods 2,164 76 107 Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidaemia 2,331 89 108 Type 2 diabetes among patients attending general practice 2,832 96 109 Secondary prevention of heart attack and stroke 2,471 84 110 Erectile dysfunction 1,930 82 (a) The abstract of results and research tool for this study was published in Patient-based substudies from BEACH: abstracts and research tools 1999–2006 and is therefore not included in this chapter.

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