Table 3.

Effect of the simplified cardiovascular management program on secondary outcomes

Secondary outcomes (Mean, SD or %)	Intervention		Control		Net Difference	P value
	Pre- Intervention	Post- Intervention	Pre- Intervention	Post- Intervention
Total	N=1,095		N=991
Use of aspirin in the past month^,#, %	6.0	20.6	4.7	2.2	17.1	<0.001
Mean systolic blood pressure#, mmHg	161.3, 29.6	149.5, 26.1	161.4, 27.8	152.3, 27.2	−2.7	0.04
Current smoker, %	36.7	37.5	37.5	36.3	2.0	0.42
Awareness of harms of high salt diet#, %	46.9	61.9	36.8	60.0	−8.2	0.06
Receiving monthly follow-up, %	20.2	40.6	16.2	20.6	16.0	<0.001
Hospitalization during the past year, %	14.5	11.7	11.4	12.5	−3.9	0.09
China	N=557		N=479
Use of aspirin in the past month^, %	7.0	26.8	5.6	0.9	24.5	<0.001
Mean systolic blood pressure, mmHg	166.2, 30.8	153.6, 26.8	164.4, 28.8	155.9, 28.3	−4.1	0.006
Current smoker, %	37.5	39.5	36.2	36.2	2.0	0.58
Awareness of harms of high salt diet, %	64.1	91.6	52.9	79.8	0.6	0.03
Receiving monthly follow-up, %	27.3	45.2	28.1	29.5	16.5	<0.001
Hospitalization during the past year, %	15.3	10.9	12.5	13.7	−5.6	0.07
India	N=538		N=512
Use of aspirin in the past month^, %	5.0	14.5	3.7	3.4	9.8	0.003
Mean systolic blood pressure, mmHg	156.2, 27.4	145.6, 25.0	158.5, 26.5	148.7, 25.7	−0.8	0.83
Current smoker, %	35.9	35.5	38.7	36.3	2.0	0.22
Awareness of harms of high salt diet, %	29.1	32.4	21.4	40.5	−15.8	<0.001
Receiving monthly follow-up, %	12.8	36.2	5.1	11.7	16.8	0.20
Hospitalization during the past year, %	13.6	12.6	10.4	11.3	−1.9	0.53

^{^}“Use of aspirin” is defined as patient-reported use of community-health worker-prescribed aspirin for ≥ 25 days in the past month.

^#A significant interaction between China and India was found for this variable.