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Published in final edited form as: J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Mar-Apr;104(0):179–185. doi: 10.1016/s0027-9684(15)30139-5

Table 2.

Pretest and Posttest Measures: Intervention Group, Mean Values

Measures	n	Pretest	Posttest	Difference	p Value^a
Risk factor knowledge (scale, 0–19)¹⁴		14.43	17.07	2.64	.011
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults prescription (scale, 0–12)	5	7.20	9.40	2.20	.2155
Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults, Short Version (scale, 0–36)	15	31.87	32.67	0.80	.5959
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	13	137.69	133.54	−4.15	.3506
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	13	84.69	78.38	−6.31	.0507
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	12	97.3	113.4	16.17	.2245
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	13	51.23	44.31	−6.92	.0480^a
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	13	175.85	175.92	0.077	.9961
Triglycerides, mg/dL	12	128.4	103.7	−24.75	.1368
Glycated hemoglobin A_1c, %	13	6.44	6.38	−0.05	.6662
Weight, kg	12	90.2	89.39	−0.81	.2092
Waist, cm	13	15.35	14.32	1.03	.7452
Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (depression, scale, 0–27)	8	3.25	2.75	−0.5	.2275

Paired t test statistically significant at .05.