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Table 1: Basal Characteristics of Patients by Intervention Level.
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Characteristics |
Intervention group |
Control group |
Partial Intervention subgroup (without active patient education) |
Complete Intervention subgroup (with active patient education) |
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N
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246 |
212 |
144 |
102 |
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Women, n (%)
|
160 (65) |
138 (65) |
88 (61) |
72 (70.6) * |
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Mean Age in years, (range)
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73 (65-91) |
72 (66-88) † |
74 (65-89) |
73 (65-91) |
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Mean Blood Pressure in mm Hg, (SD)
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138(20)/75(11) |
135(19)/75(11) |
139(18)/ 75(11) |
137(23)/ 75(12) |
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Well-Controlled patients‡, n (%)
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137 (56) |
127 (60) |
80 (55.6) |
57 (56) |
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Partially-Controlled patients§, n(%)
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109 (44) |
85 (40) |
64 (44) |
45 (44) |
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Mean Blood Pressure in mm Hg, (SD)
|
156(13)/81(11) |
153(11)/82(10) |
154.5(12)/80(11) |
158(14)/82(11) |
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Patients with Systolic Blood Pressure ≥160 mm Hg, n (%)
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34 (13,8) |
20 (9.4) |
17 (11) |
18 (17) |
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Mean Blood Pressure in mm Hg, (SD)
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171(12)/85(12) |
169(9)/89(10) |
169(12)/87(13) |
171(12)/83(13) |
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Patients with Diabetes, n (%)
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36 (15) |
39 (18) |
22 (15) |
14 (14) |
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Mean-Body Mass Index, kg/m2 (SD)
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26.9 (4) |
27.7 (3.7) |
27.3 (4.1) |
26.4 (3.6) |
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Patient under antihypertensive treatment, n (%) |
182 (74) |
175 (83)║ |
99 (69) |
78 (77) |
‡ Well-Controlled patients: Systolic Blood Pressure < 140 mm Hg and Diastolic Blood Pressure < 90 mm Hg.
§ Partially-Controlled patients: Systolic Blood Pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and Diastolic Blood Pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg.
║ p = 0.02 between groups. p value not significant for other comparisons.
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