Table 3.
BP readings from 1 year prior to baseline to 6 months post-recruitment among all intervention and control patients who had systolic hypertension at baseline (SBP>130 mm Hg if patients had CKD stages 3–4 or SBP>140 mm Hg if no CKD stages 3–5)
| Average BP 1 year ago |
Average recent BP |
Average BP at recruitment |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n=76) | Control (n=116) | Intervention (n=76) | Control (n=101) | Intervention (n=84) | Control (n=137) | |
| Systolic (range) | 150 (115–192) | 146 (111–189) | 155* (108–200) | 146 (100–187) | 156* (132–194) | 150 (131–197) |
| Diastolic (range) | 87* (64–118) | 83 (48–128) | 90* (51–140) | 84 (56–116) | 89* (64–115) | 86 (48–112) |
| Average BP at 1 month | Average BP at 2 months | Average BP at 3 months | ||||
| Intervention (n=74) | Control (n=20) | Intervention (n=78) | Control (n=31) | Intervention (n=73) | Control (n=30) | |
| Systolic (range) | 142 (121–181) | 143 (110–170) | 140* (118–173) | 146 (112–184) | 140 (108–185) | 141 (118–161) |
| Diastolic (range) | 87 (67–129) | 83 (49–108) | 86 (65–127) | 86 (63–113) | 87 (71–131) | 83 (53–106) |
| Average BP at 4 months | Average BP at 5 months | Average BP at 6 months | ||||
| Intervention (n=24) | Control (n=36) | Intervention (n=18) | Control (n=32) | Intervention (n=18) | Control (n=17) | |
| Systolic (range) | 146 (114–178) | 142 (109–172) | 139 (101–175) | 145 (101–173) | 139 (124–186) | 146 (124–167) |
| Diastolic (range) | 87 (72–134) | 81 (49–110) | 87 (62–132) | 82 (47–98) | 86 (76–104) | 82 (61–92) |
*BP from intervention patients significantly different to control patients at the level of p<0.05.
BP, blood pressure.