Table 3.
Study outcomes: within group comparisons between first and final visits.
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| OUTCOME | SPIRITUALITY-BASED INTERVENTION GROUP (G1) n = 39 | CONTROL GROUP (G2) n = 36 | ||||||||
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| MEAN | SD | LOWER 95%CI | UPPER 95%CI | P-VALUE | MEAN | SD | LOWER 95%CI | UPPER 95%CI | P-VALUE | |
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| Office SBP (V2) | 121.37 | 13.09 | 126.63 | 15.55 | ||||||
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| Office SBP (V1) | 128.97 | 15.60 | 127.18 | 15.30 | ||||||
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| Office SBP (V2-V1) | –7.60 | –11.72 | –3.48 | < 0.001 | –0.56 | –6.40 | 5.29 | 0.848 | ||
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| Office DBP (V2) | 80.58 | 10.83 | 81.65 | 8.39 | ||||||
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| Office DBP (V1) | 79.39 | 10.08 | 77.28 | 9.08 | ||||||
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| Office DBP (V2-V1) | 1.19 | –1.72 | 4.10 | 0.412 | 4.38 | 1.84 | 6.92 | 0.001 | ||
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| Central SBP (V2) | 113.42 | 11.79 | 115.12 | 13.97 | ||||||
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| Central SBP (V1) | 117.52 | 12.84 | 113.74 | 12.33 | ||||||
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| Central SBP (V2-V1) | –4.11 | –7.87 | –0.34 | 0.034 | 1.38 | –3.66 | 6.41 | 0.582 | ||
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| Central DBP (V2) | 81.15 | 10.79 | 80.38 | 10.37 | ||||||
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| Central DBP (V1) | 81.82 | 10.19 | 81.53 | 9.47 | ||||||
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| Central DBP (V2-V1) | –0.67 | –3.17 | 1.82 | 0.588 | –1.14 | –4.72 | 2.43 | 0.520 | ||
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| HBPM SBP (V2) | 121.69 | 10.27 | 122.31 | 12.87 | ||||||
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| HBPM SBP (V1) | 123.13 | 10.34 | 121.92 | 12.51 | ||||||
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| HBPM SBP (V2-V1) | –1.44 | –4.02 | 1.15 | 0.268 | 0.39 | –1.93 | 2.70 | 0.735 | ||
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| HBPM DBP (V2) | 80.56 | 10.16 | 79.81 | 6.38 | ||||||
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| HBPM DBP (V1) | 80.87 | 9.25 | 79.39 | 7.94 | ||||||
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| HBPM DBP (V2-V1) | –0.31 | –1.86 | 1.25 | 0.691 | 0.42 | –1.37 | 2.20 | 0.638 | ||
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| PVW (V2) | 7.77 | 1.24 | 8.42 | 1.61 | ||||||
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| PWV (V1) | 7.82 | 1.37 | 8.28 | 1.69 | ||||||
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| PVW (V2-V1) | –0.05 | –0.22 | 0.13 | 0.584 | 0.14 | –0.07 | 0.35 | 0.179 | ||
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| FMD (V2) | 14.28 | 6.67 | 7.23 | 5.71 | ||||||
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| FMD (V1) | 10.16 | 5.24 | 10.57 | 6.31 | ||||||
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| FMD (V2-V1) | 4.12 | 1.41 | 6.82 | 0.004 | –3.34 | –6.36 | –0.33 | 0.031 | ||
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SD – standard deviation, V1 – initial visit, V2 – final visit, SBP - systolic blood pressure, DBP - diastolic blood pressure, HBPM – home blood pressure measurement, PWV – pulse wave velocity, FMD – flow mediated dilation.