Table 2.
Blood pressure at 90 days by adherence category as assessed using BAAS query
| In the past 4 weeks, do you recall not having taken your antihypertensive medication sometimes? | ||||||
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| N | % | Systolic blood pressure | Diastolic blood pressure | |||
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| Mean ± SD, mmHg | P-value | Mean ± SD, mmHg | P-value | |||
| No | 7008 | 74.6 | 135.6 ± 11.0 | <0.001a | 81.0 ± 7.0 | <0.001a |
| Yes | 2386 | 25.4 | 138.6 ± 12.0 | a | 83.0 ± 8.0 | a |
| A | 1003 | 10.7 | 137.1 ± 10.6 | 82.5 ± 7.0 | ||
| B | 847 | 9.0 | 137.9 ± 11.1 | 82.5 ± 7.5 | ||
| C | 315 | 3.4 | 141.1 ± 13.3 | 83.9 ± 8.4 | ||
| D | 191 | 2.0 | 144.9 ± 16.1 | 84.6 ± 9.0 | ||
| E | 30 | 0.3 | 148.9 ± 14.9 | 88.3 ± 8.0 | ||
a
Represents a comparison between adherent patients (those who answered ‘No’) and non-adherent patients (those who answered A: ‘Once in past 4 weeks’, B: ‘Once every 2 weeks’, C: ‘Once weekly’, D: ‘More than once/week but not daily’, or E: ‘Daily’). The adherent patients are classified in the ‘No’ category and non-adherent patients are grouped into the ‘Yes’ category.