Table 1. Demographic and Blood Pressure Control Data.

Variable	Intervention Group (n=296)	Control Group (n=288)
	No. (%) of Patients
Male	115 (38.9)	129 (44.8)
Caucasian	256 (86.5)	237 (82.3)
Married	190 (64.2)	143 (49.7)a
Had insurance	279 (94.3)	269 (93.4)
Education beyond  high schoolb	130/289 (45.0)	118/286 (41.3)
Household income	61/293 (20.8)	128/287 (44.6)c
< $25,000b
	Mean ± SD
Age (yrs)	58.2 ± 14.2	59.9 ± 13.2
No. of comorbid  conditions	0.490 ± 0.75	0.774 ± 0.94d
No. of antihypertensive  drugs
Baseline	1.77 ±0.95	1.86 ± 0.92
End of study	2.39 ± 0.97	2.20 ± 1.03
Blood pressure
Systolic
Baseline	153.3 ± 11.9	150.5 ± 12.9e
End of study	129.7 ± 14.2	140.8 ±19.5f
Diastolic
Baseline	86.5 ± 11.9	84.1 ± 12.0g
End of study	76.6 ± 10.7	78.9 ± 13.4h

Baseline data were compared between groups unless otherwise specified. Unless otherwise indicated, differences between groups were not statistically significant.

^ap=0.0004, χ² test.

^bData were not available for all patients.

^cp<0.0001, χ² test.

^dp<0.0001, t test.

^ep=0.0070

^fp<0.0001

^gp=0.0149

^hp=0.032, t test.