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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2016 Jun 21;25(9):2116–2121. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.06.003

Table 1.

Demographics and blood pressure.

N(%) DBP change (mmHg) SBP change (mmHg) Improve SBP or DBP (%)
Age
 <43 123 (21) 0.2 (−1.8, 2.1) −1.3 (−4.8, 2.2) 37
 43–52 151 (26) −0.6 (−2.3, 1.2) 0.1 (−3.2, 3.4) 41
 53–63 148 (25) −0.9 (−2.7, 0.9) −2.2 (−5.4, 1.1) 46
 >63 164 (28) −0.1 (−1.8, 1.6) 1.8 (−1.4, 5.0) 33
Sex
 Male 201 (34) −0.5 (−2.0, 0.9) −0.7 (−3.5, 2.2) 41
 Female 385 (66) −0.3 (−1.4, 0.8) −0.1 (−2.4, 2.2) 38
Ethnicity
 MA 480 (82) −0.3 (−1.3, 0.7) −0.3 (−2.5, 1.9) 37
 NHW 102 (18) −0.8 (−2.9, 1.3) −0.4 (−4.3, 3.5) 50
Education
 <HS 71 (12) −0.4 (−3.0, 2.2) 2.9 (−1.5, 7.4) 28
 HS 167 (28) −0.2 (−1.8, 1.5) −0.7 (−3.7, 2.3) 41
 Some College or Trade school 212 (36) −0.9 (−2.4, 0.6) −1.8 (−4.6, 0.9) 40
 College or more 136 (23) 0.2 (−1.6, 2.1) 0.8 (−2.6, 4.1) 42
Randomized to intervention
 Yes 294 (50) −0.7 (−2.0, 0.6) −0.7 (−3.8, 2.4) 40
 No 292 (50) −0.0 (−1.3, 1.3) 0.2 (−3.0, 3.3) 39

Frequencies (%) of baseline characteristics, estimate and 95%CI for the mean change in blood pressure over 12 months, and percent who improve SBP by at least 10mmHg or improve DBP by 5mmHg or more.