Table 3.
Ambulatory blood pressure, physical, metabolic, blood chemistry and quality-of-life evaluation at baseline and after 16 weeks
| Characteristic | CALM-BP | DASH | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | Change | P-value | Baseline | Follow-up | Change | P-value | |
| Physical characteristics | ||||||||
| BMI | 30 (40) | 28 (4) | 2.4 | 0.00 | 29 (4) | 29 (5) | 0.17 | 0.70 |
| Weight, kg | 87 (13) | 80 (11) | 7.2 | 0.00 | 81 (11) | 80 (13) | 0.5 | 0.68 |
| Lipids, mg dl−1 | ||||||||
| Total cholesterol | 174 (30) | 160 (31) | 13.7 | 0.00 | 168 (34) | 164 (32) | 3.6 | 0.45 |
| HDL-C | 48 (13) | 46 (13) | 2.4 | 0.01 | 53 (15) | 52 (13) | 1.0 | 0.31 |
| LDL-C | 101 (23) | 91 (25) | 9.6 | 0.002 | 93 (30) | 92 (30) | 0.9 | 0.86 |
| Triglycerides | 123 (55) | 115 (24) | 8.5 | 0.12 | 114 (59) | 102 (42) | 11.7 | 0.16 |
| Blood chemistry | ||||||||
| Glucose | 96 (17) | 85 (11) | 10.6 | 0.000 | 92 (14) | 85 (14) | 7.4 | 0.00 |
| Life quality | ||||||||
| SF36 physical | 71 (17) | 79 (16) | 8.0 | 0.001 | 76 (14) | 73 (18) | −3.5 | 0.09 |
| SF36 mental | 70 (18) | 79 (13) | 9.1 | 0.001 | 77 (15) | 76 (15) | −1.0 | 0.64 |
| SF36 total | 73 (17) | 81 (14) | 7.7 | 0.002 | 79 (14) | 76 (17) | −3.2 | 0.12 |
| Ambulatory blood pressure | ||||||||
| 24-h mean SBP | 132 (12) | 128 (11) | 4.3 (1) | 0.004 | 129 (14) | 125 (14) | 4 (10) | 0.01 |
| 24-h mean DBP | 80 (9) | 77 (8) | 3.1 (3.07) | 0.003 | 79 (9) | 76 (7) | 1.9 (6) | 0.06 |
| Awake mean SBP | 136 (12) | 129 (11) | 6.2 (10.3) | 0.004 | 133 (14) | 128 (13) | 5.4 (13) | 0.04 |
| Awake mean DBP | 84 (9) | 80 (8) | 3.8 (8) | 0.021 | 82 (7) | 79 (7) | 2.7 (6) | 0.049 |
| Asleep mean SBP | 122 (23) | 119 (26) | 3.0 (18.8) | 0.521 | 120 (22) | 117 (22) | 3.8 (10.7) | 0.47 |
| Asleep mean DBP | 72 (13) | 70 (15) | 2.2 (11.1) | 0.421 | 72 (14) | 70 (12) | 2.7 (10) | 0.46 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CALM-BP, Comprehensive Approach to Lowering Measured Blood Pressure; DASH, Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SF36, Short Form 36.
CALM-BP is based on complementary medicine principles. Mid programme (weeks 6–7) values are presented.
DASH is according to the US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Values are mean (s.d.).