Table 1.
Study sample characteristics.
| Characteristics | Baseline n = 4627 |
Post intervention n = 2263 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | ||
| Mean age in years (±SD) | 48.1 ± 12.2 | 47.6 ± 12.1 | 47.8 ± 12.2 | 51.8 ± 12.9 | 51.4 ± 13.0 | 51.5 ± 13.0 | <0.001 |
| Mean body mass index (±SD) | 22.2 ± 3.5 | 22.5 ± 3.8 | 22.4 ± 3.7 | 21.6 ± 3.6 | 22.8 ± 4.1 | 22.2 ± 3.9 | 0.072 |
| Mean waist circumference (±SD) | 78.9 ± 14.5 | 79.0 ± 14.4 | 79.0 ± 14.4 | 83.0 ± 10.7 | 82.2 ± 12.1 | 82.6 ± 11.4 | <0.001 |
| Mean systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) (±SD) | 127.1 ± 17.3 | 125.5 ± 18.6 | 126.2 ± 18.0 | 129.9 ± 19.5 | 127.3 ± 21.8 | 128.6 ± 20.7 | <0.001 |
| Mean diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) (±SD) | 81.7 ± 10.5 | 80.3 ± 11.1 | 80.9 ± 10.9 | 76.4 ± 11.8 | 74.4 ± 11.1 | 75.4 ± 11.5 | <0.001 |
| Awareness on hypertensiona (%) | 19.2 | 25.9 | 23.6 | 47.1 | 65.6 | 56.0 | <0.001 |
| Treatment for hypertensionb (%) | 15.0 | 21.9 | 18.9 | 35.3 | 53.9 | 44.5 | <0.001 |
| Controlled hypertensionc (%) | 4.5 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 27.6 | 21.7 | <0.001 |
| Tobacco use in the last one month (%) | 43.2 | 3.9 | 21.0 | 48.0 | 3.8 | 25.5 | 0.011 |
| Alcohol use in the last one month (%) | 30.8 | 0.7 | 13.8 | 41.6 | 0.3 | 20.6 | <0.001 |
SD – Standard Deviation.
a
Reported history of hypertension.
b
On medication for hypertension.
c
Systolic Blood Pressure <140 and Diastolic Blood Pressure <90 mm of Hg.
d
Significance between baseline total and post intervention total (t-test for comparing means and Chi-square test comparing proportions).