Table 2.

Population means ± standard deviation of systolic and diastolic blood pressure and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) values in 102 patients at baseline and during the telehealth program

	Baseline	3 Months	6 Months	12 Months
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	128.3 ± 16.1	124.5 ± 18.3*	121.4 ± 16.7*	120.4 ± 15.7*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	77.6 ± 14.0	74.2 ± 14.1*	73.1 ± 14.1*	72.6 ± 12.3*
NT-proBNP (pg/l)	4433 ± 5720	3875 ± 5015*	3001 ± 3274*	2877 ± 3128*

*p < 0.05 based on repeated measures analysis of variance with Tukey’s post-hoc comparison of means of 3, 6 or 12 months vs. baseline