Table 7.

Multilevel modeling of diastolic blood (DBP) pressure values at 90 days

		PREVIEW	IMPROVE	ADVANCE	INSIST	eNOVA	BSCORE	EXCELLENT
Intercept	mmHg	81.9	78.5	71.3	69.8	72.9	71.8	68.7
Patient-related variables
Age	per year	−0.051	−0.051			−0.048	−0.042	−0.037
Male gender	if male		0.637
DBP at initial diagnosis of hypertension	per mmHg		0.045	0.1759	0.1855		0.033	0.075
DBP at baseline	per mmHg					0.220	0.182	0.148
Highly vulnerable to uncontrolled hypertension cluster	if present	1.435
Obesity	if present	0.766		1.313
Concomitant antihypertensive treatment: ACE inhibitor	if present	(2.641)		−1.842
Concomitant antihypertensive treatment: calcium antagonist	if present					(1.707)
Concomitant antihypertensive treatment: beta blocker	if present			(0.080)
Days since last blood pressure measurement	per day	0.003
Months since last blood pressure measurement	per month					0.098
Nonadherent days in past 4 weeks	per day	0.267
Patient-reported nonadherence behavior	if reported		1.296
Patient-reported adherence behavior	if reported						−0.68	−0.684
Physician-rated adherence	per point (0–100 scale)			−0.08	−0.096	−0.059	−0.09	−0.051
Physician-related variables
Years since medical school graduation (in practice)	per year	0.063			0.1081
Hypertensive patients seen in past 12 months	per patient	−0.002
Duration of first visit with newly diagnosed hypertensive patient	per minute	(0.083)
Correct response to initial antihypertensive treatment if no risk factors	if correct						(1.315)
Self-reported practices consistent with evidence-based guidelines re: DBP threshold for treatment initiation	per practice (0–6)	−0.475	−0.456
Self-reported practices consistent with evidence-based guidelines re: DBP threshold for treatment intensification	per practice (0–6)		−0.351			−0.34
Physician routinely calculates overall cardiovascular risk of patients	if done						−1.203

Abbreviation: ACE, angiotension converting enzyme.