Table 3. Blood pressure control rates and average ambulatory blood pressure values for the analysis population and patients with and without resistant hypertension, stratified by intervention status.

	Baseline, mean ± SD		5 months follow-up, mean ± SD		Difference		p*1
ABP, mmHg	SBP	DBP	SBP	DBP	SBP	DBP	SBP	DBP
Study population (N=103)	146.7 ± 12.1	84.7 ± 9.1	138.5 ± 13.1	80.6 ± 10.0	– 8.2 ± 11.8	– 4.1 ± 7.5	<0.001	<0.001
Intervention (n=63)	147.2 ± 11.8	85.1 ± 8.4	137.9 ± 13.5	80.9 ± 10.4	– 9.3 ± 11.9	– 4.2 ± 7.9	<0.001	<0.001
Control (n=40)	146.1 ± 12.7	83.9 ± 10.2	139.4 ± 12.7	80.1 ± 9.5	– 6.7 ± 11.7	– 3.8 ± 6.9	0.001	0.001
p*2	0.651	0.512	0.571	0.674	0.274	0.815
With resistant hypertension(N=52)	148.1 ± 11.3	83.8 ± 10.7	140.6 ± 13.6	79.7 ± 11.0	– 7.5 ± 12.1	– 4.1 ± 7.9	<0.001	<0.001
Intervention (n=28)	148.1 ± 10.3	85.6 ± 11.0	137.6 ± 14.1	79.8 ± 12.2	– 10.5 ± 11.9	– 5.8 ± 8.7	<0.001	0.002
Control (n=24)	148.1 ± 12.7	81.8 ± 10.2	144.1 ± 12.5	79.5 ± 9.6	– 4.0 ± 11.6	– 2.3 ± 6.4	0.105	0.093
p*2	0.992	0.213	0.088	0.933	0.053	0.113
Without resistant hypertension (N=51)	145.3 ± 12.8	85.5 ± 7.1	136.3 ± 12.4	81.5 ± 9.0	– 9.0 ± 11.6	– 4.0 ± 7.2	<0.001	<0.001
Intervention (n=35)	146.4 ± 13.0	48.8 ± 5.6	138.1 ± 13.2	81.8 ± 8.8	– 8.3 ± 11.9	– 3.0 ± 7.1	<0.001	0.018
Control (n=16)	143.0 ± 12.3	87.0 ± 9.6	132.3 ± 9.5	80.8 ± 9.5	– 10.7 ± 11.0	– 6.2 ± 7.0	0.002	0.003
p*2	0.380	0.394	0.126	0.724	0.136	0.513

ABP, ambulatory blood pressure; SD; standard deviation; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure

^*1Comparison of baseline and follow-up data using McNemar tests for categorical variables and paired t-tests for continuous variables;

^*2Comparison of intervention and control data using chi-square tests for categorical variables and t-tests in independent samples for continuous variables