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. 2011 Sep 19;11:707. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-707

Table 3.

Effect of Birmingham Own Health® Intervention on diastolic and systolic blood pressure among people with diabetes

Intervention Control Multivariate linear regression coefficients (95%CI)
Diastolic blood pressure Systolic blood pressure

N 288 4789

Mean age (years) (SD) 63.3 (12.4) 65.3 (11.2) -0.13 (-0.15, -0.11) 0.12 (0.08, 0.16)

Males (n (%)) 155 (53.8%) 2532 (52.9%) 0.26 (-0.26, 0.79) -0.12 (-1.02, 0.78)

Smoking status
Never smoker 119 (41.3%) 1963 (41.0%) 1.0 1.0
Ex-smoker 99 (34.4%) 2256 (47.1% -0.55 (-1.11, 0.006) -0.07 (-1.03, 0.89)
Current smoker 34 (11.8%) 570 (11.9%) -1.36 (-2.20, -0.51) 0 (-1.44, 1.44)
Unknown 36 (12.5%) -

Length of follow-up (days)
Mean (SD) 321.6 (143.4) 325.7 (139.5) -0.0006 (-0.002, 0.001) 0.001 (-0.002, 0.004)
Median (IQR) 321 (184, 445.5) 338 (198, 440)

Baseline diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean (SD) 8.2 (1.8) 7.7 (1.5) 0.38 (0.36, 0.41) -
Sub-groups (n (%))
< 80 mmHg 145 (50.3%) 2645 (55.2%)
80-89 mmHg 107 (37.2%) 1688 (35.2%)
90-99 mmHg 24(8.3%) 385 (8.0%)
> 100 mmHg 12 (4.2%) 71 (1.5%)

Baseline systolic blood pressure (mmHg) Mean (SD) 139.6 (18.0) 138.3 (14.6) - 0.39 (0.36, 0.42)
Sub-groups (n (%))
< 120 mmHg 27 (9.4%) 341 (7.1%)
120-129 mmHg 48 (16.7%) 755 (15.8%)
130-139 mmHg 80 (27.8%) 1346 (28.1%)
140-149 mmHg 71 (24.7%) 1389(29.0%)
> 150 mmHg 62 (21.5%) 958 (20.0%)

Final value (mean) (SD) (mmHg)
Diastolic blood pressure 75.2 (9.3) 76.1 (10.2)
Systolic blood pressure 134.6 (15.9) 137.6 (16.8)

Mean change (SD) (mmHg)
Diastolic blood pressure -3.3 (11.7) -0.6 (10.8)
Systolic blood pressure -5.0 (19.0) -0.7 (17.8)

Difference in final values (mmHg)
(intervention - control) (95% CI)
Diastolic blood pressure -0.9 (-2.1, 0.3)
Systolic blood pressure -3.0 (-5.0, -1.0)

Adjusted mean difference in final blood pressure
between intervention and control*
(mmHg) (95%CI)
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.4) -3.5 (-5.5, -1.5)

Adjusted mean difference in final blood pressure between
intervention and control by sub-group of baseline values
(95%CI) (mmHg)
< 80 mmHg -1.0 (-2.6, 0.6)
80-89 mmHg -1.6 (-3.5, 0.3)
90-99 mmHg -3.1 (-7.7, 1.5)
≥ 100 mmHg -0.1 (-8.4, 8.2)
< 120 mmHg -1.9 (-8.1, 4.4)
120-129 mmHg -2.7 (-7.4, 1.9)
130-139 mmHg -1.6 (-5.2, 2.0)
140-149 mmHg -4.6 (-8.5, -0.8)
≥ 150 mmHg -5.4 (-10.4, -0.4)

* adjusted for age, sex, baseline values, smoking status, length of follow-up