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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Oct 28;173(19):1770–1777. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9263

Table 3.

Change in Cardiometabolic Risk Factorsa

Mean (SE) Change

Measure Usual Care (n = 94) Intervention (n = 91) Difference, Mean (95% CI)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg

Month 6 −1.2 (1.3) −1.7 (1.3) −0.5 (−4.2 to 3.2)

Month 12 −1.6 (1.5) −1.6 (1.5) 0.01 (−4.1 to 4.2)

Month 18b 0.8 (1.3) −3.0 (1.4) −3.8 (−7.6 to 0.2)

Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg

Month 6 −1.3 (1.0) −2.5 (1.0) −1.1 (−4.0 to 1.7)

Month 12 −1.6 (1.1) −2.3 (1.2) −0.7 (−3.9 to 2.5)

Month 18b −1.0 (1.1) −1.9 (1.1) −0.9 (−3.9 to 2.2)

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

Month 6 0.9 (2.6) −1.5 (2.6) −2.4 (−9.7 to 4.8)

Month 12 −2.4 (2.6) −4.9 (2.7) −2.5 (−9.8 to 4.9)

Month 18b −4.5 (2.7) −4.3 (2.8) 0.1 (−7.6 to 7.8)

Triglycerides, mg/dL

Month 6 16.2 (6.8) 8.9 (7.2) −7.4 (−26.8 to 12.1)

Month 12 4.2 (5.9) 6.1 (6.4) 1.8 (−15.3 to 18.9)

Month 18b 1.8 (5.3) 0.2 (5.7) 1.6 (−16.9 to 13.8)

HDL cholesterol, mg/dL

Month 6 −3.2 (1.1) −3.2 (1.1) −0.03 (−3.1 to 3.0)

Month 12 −1.4 (1.2) −1.6 (1.2) −0.2 (−3.4 to 3.1)

Month 18b −1.6 (1.2) −1.2 (1.2) 0.4 (−3.0 to 3.8)

LDL cholesterol, mg/dL

Month 6 2.6 (2.9) −0.8 (3.1) −3.4 (−11.7 to 4.9)

Month 12 0.1 (2.8) −5.2 (3.1) −5.4 (−13.7 to 2.9)

Month 18b −1.6 (2.9) −3.3 (3.1) −1.7 (−10.0 to 6.7)

Waist circumference, cm

Month 6 −0.8 (0.6) −1.4 (0.7) −0.6 (−2.4 to 1.2)

Month 12 0.3 (0.7) −1.0 (0.7) −1.3 (−3.1 to 0.5)

Month 18b −0.2 (0.8) −1.4 (0.8) −1.2 (−3.4 to 1.0)

Fasting glucose, mg/dL

Month 6 5.7 (3.6) 5.8 (3.7) 0.1 (−10.2 to 10.3)

Month 12 −5.1 (2.9) −1.6 (3.0) 3.5 (−4.7 to 11.7)

Month 18b −7.4 (3.1) −3.1 (3.2) 4.3 (−4.5 to 13.1)

Abbreviations: HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.

SI conversion factors: To convert HDL, LDL, and total cholesterol values to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0259; to convert triglycerides to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0113; to convert glucose values to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0555.

a

Denominators vary because of missing data.

b

The sample included 184 participants at month 18; 1 intervention participant became ineligible owing to pregnancy between 12 and 18 months.