Table 4.

Baseline and post-intervention anthropometric, clinical and biochemical parameters in hypertensive patients by mode of health education on hypertension (Group 1, self-learning reading; Group 2, regular lecture; Group 3, interactive workshop)

	Group	Baseline	Post-intervention	P a	P b	P c
Normalized blood pressure					0.872	<0.001
	1	44 (37.9)	50 (43.1)	0.451
	2	47 (41.2)	72 (63.2)	<0.001
	3	47 (40.2)	101 (86.3)	<0.001
Systolic BP, mmHg					0.003	0.014
	1	140.2±17.9	139.4±16.7	0.611
	2	143.9±16.2	134.8±15.9	<0.001
	3	148.7±21.5	133.7±13.6	<0.001
Diastolic BP, mmHg					0.010	0.001
	1	86.7±11.2	85.2±10.66	0.177
	2	85.8±10.7	80.4±11.2	<0.001
	3	90.7±16.5	81.2±8.0	<0.001
BMI					0.111	0.001
	1	26.2±4.0	25.9±4.1	<0.001
	2	25.6±3.5	25.5±2.9	0.361
	3	25.2±3.7	24.1±3.7	<0.001
Waist circumference					0.181	0.028
	1	87.0±12.1	86.0±9.5	0.207
	2	88.8±8.8	88.7±8.5	0.488
	3	89.3±8.7	88.7±8.2	<0.001
Triglycerides, mg/dL					<0.001	<0.001
	1	209.9±72.6	175.6±66.8	<0.001
	2	136.4±63.4	137.3±49.4	0.871
	3	153.7±70.5	149.9±81.0	0.658
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL					0.490	0.741
	1	197.7±101.5	191.2±83.8	0.154
	2	205.7±61.3	193.6±30.9	0.010
	3	208.8±43.3	196.8±40.1	<0.001
LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL					0.942	0.404
	1	102.5±34.7	104.7±33.9	0.019
	2	103.9±30.5	104.6±20.9	0.808
	3	103.1±28.7	100.3±29.1	<0.001
HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL					0.016	0.126
	1	41.0±7.4	43.0±9.2	0.007
	2	42.6±7.9	43.7±11.7	0.370
	3	39.7±7.5	41.3±5.5	0.038

Data presented are mean± SD or n (%).

^aP values in paired t-tests (continuous data) or paired Chi-square tests (categorical data) for differences between the baseline and post-intervention.

^bP values in ANOVA (for continuous variables) or Chi-square (for categorical variables) test among the three groups at the baseline survey.

^cP values in ANOVA (for continuous variables) or Chi-square (for categorical variables) test for differences among the three groups after the intervention.