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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2009 Dec;54(6):1226–1233. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.134874

Table 3. Effect of intervention on physical activity, dietary intake and weight. Values represent means (SD).

Outcome MD-C/Pt-C MD-I/Pt-C MD-C/Pt-I MD-I/Pt-I p-value: MD-I
main effect
p-value: Pt-I
main effect
Physical activity by accelerometry (Moderate-vigorous physical activity, minutes/week)
Baseline 43.9 (122.5) 36.4 (127.1) 37.9 (89.1) 28.8 (106.7)
Change (6-month) −15.7 (122.0) 18.5 (297.8) 6.2 (103.2) 28.4 (134.9) .15 .49
Change (18-month) −13.0 (145.7) 5.0 (95.1) −21.5 (138.8) −0.7 (112.3) .07 .10
Dietary pattern
F/V, servings/d
Baseline 1.28 (.90) 1.23 (.88) 1.33 (.99) 1.42 (1.13)
Change (6-month) 0.04 (.81) 0.09 (.72) 0.59 (1.27) 0.92 (1.34) .02 <.0001
Change (18-month) 0.01 (0.90) −0.03 (0.87) 0.41 (1.13) 0.55 (1.13) .53 <.0001
Dairy, servings/d
Baseline 0.94 (.90) 0.89 (.89) 0.94 (.89) 0.95 (.81)
Change (6-month) −0.01 (.72) 0.01 (.56) 0.06 (.67) 0.21 (.75) .17 .01
Change (18-month) −0.03 (0.80) −0.00 (0.61) 0.08 (0.51) −0.01 (0.79) .57 .56
Total fat, % Kcal
Baseline 38.1 (8.0) 39.8 (8.3) 38.4 (8.1) 37.3 (6.8)
Change (6-month) 0.6 (7.0) −1.2 (6.7) −2.3 (8.5) −4.3 (7.1) .002 <.0001
Change (18-month) 0.8 (8.0) −1.1 (6.6) −1.7 (7.7) −2.8 (7.8) .02 <.0001
Saturated fat, % Kcal
Baseline 10.6 (2.5) 11.0 (2.3) 10.9 (2.7) 10.5 (2.4)
Change (6-month) 0.2 (2.3) −0.2 (2.0) −1.0 (2.7) −1.3 (2.1) .07 <.0001
Change (18-month) 0.1 (2.3) −0.2 (2.0) −0.9 (2.1) −1.0 (2.2) .28 <.0001
Urinary Sodium, mmol/24 hrs
Baseline 174.7 (77.0) 175.2 (82.9) 150.9 (68.0) 170.3 (76.2)
Change (6-month) −22.8 (71.2) −23.6 (75.2) −13.1 (62.2) −31.4 (79.7) .62 .14
Change (18-month) −8.3 (84.1) −1.4 (69.9) −24.0 (85.2) −28.0 (76.6) .03 .32
Weight, lb
Baseline 202.1 (39.6) 199.0 (38.4) 192.3 (38.0) 202.5 (37.5)
Change (6-month) −0.3 (6.3) 0.1 (11.2) −5.2 (10.7) −7.0 (10.7) .44 <.0001
Change (18-month) −2.1 (12.0) −0.4 (13.4) −2.6 (12.2) −3.8 (9.8) .83 .06

N in each category ranged from 74% (urine) to 91% (weight) of randomized participants at 6 months and from 71% (urine) to 89% (weight) at 18 months.