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. 2014 Mar 26;10:145–156. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S54586

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and demographics in PA and non-PA regions

Overall (n=1,417)
PA (n=448a)
Non-PA (n=969a)
PA (n=448a) Non-PA (n=969a) P-value for region comparison PMI arm (n=247a) UC arm (n=201a) P-value PMI arm (n=513a) UC arm (n=456a) P-value
Male, n (%) 284 (63.4) 454 (46.9) <0.001 162 (65.6) 122 (60.7) 0.285 244 (47.6) 210 (46.1) 0.638
Age, years, mean ± SD 62.5±9.5 59.1±10.1 <0.001 61.5±9.8 63.6±8.9 0.019 59.2±10.0 58.9±10.3 0.606
Current smoker, n (%) 121 (27.3) 424 (43.8) <0.001 74 (30.2) 47 (23.6) 0.121 233 (45.4) 191 (41.9) 0.268
BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SD 25.9±3.8 30.1±5.0 <0.001 25.6±3.8 26.3±3.7 0.064 30.2±5.1 30.0±5.0 0.694
SBP, mmHg, mean ± SDb 147.6±17.2 147.5±13.9 0.976 151.0±17.4 143.3±15.9 <0.001 150.0±13.5 144.8±13.8 <0.001
DBP, mmHg, mean ± SDb 86.1±10.5 89.1±8.5 <0.001 87.9±11.1 84.1±9.2 <0.001 90.6±8.0 87.5±8.9 <0.001
Heart rate, bpm, mean ± SD 72.8±10.6 73.7±9.4 0.118 72.6±10.5 73.2±10.7 0.544 74.7±9.3 72.7±9.5 0.001
TC, mg/dL, mean ± SD 194.3±30.1 200.4±29.7 <0.001 194.6±30.3 194.0±29.8 0.831 201.7±29.6 198.8±29.9 0.123
LDL-C, mg/dL, mean ± SD 113.7±28.5 121.1±26.8 <0.001 114.2±28.3 113.0±28.7 0.659 121.9±26.3 120.2±27.5 0.335
HDL-C, mg/dL, mean ± SD 47.2±12.9 47.9±14.0 0.384 47.2±12.3 47.2±13.6 0.997 47.8±14.1 48.1±13.7 0.749
TG, mg/dL, mean ± SD 170.9±84.0 161.5±82.9 0.049 169.6±84.9 172.6±83.1 0.711 165.6±86.1 156.7±78.9 0.096
Type 2 diabetes, n (%) 263 (58.7) 337 (34.8) <0.001 143 (57.9) 120 (59.7) 0.699 181 (35.3) 156 (34.2) 0.727
Framingham 10-year CHD risk (%),11 mean ± SD 21.7±12.3 17.9±10.4 <0.001 22.0±12.0 21.3±12.8 0.606 19.0±10.6 16.7±10.0 <0.001

Notes:

a

Treated patients with baseline and one or more postbaseline efficacy measurements

b

BP values were measured at baseline (week 0), whereas information on all of the other variables listed were collected during screening.

Abbreviations: bpm, beats per minute; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CHD, coronary heart disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PA, Pacific Asian; PMI, proactive multifactorial intervention; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; UC, usual care.