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. 2016 Nov 3;13:E152. doi: 10.5888/pcd13.160212

Table 4. Trends Over Time in Propensity Score–Matched Analyses of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), and Blood Glucose of Participants (N = 290), by Referral and Enrollment Status, Food for Families Program, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 2013–2015.

Variable Participant Status, by Referral Status
P Valuea
Trend Difference in Trend
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg/wk
Referred to Food for Families 0.01447 −0.09073 .08
Not referred to Food for Families 0.1052 NA NA
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg/wk
Referred to Food for Families 0.03966 −0.05409 .17
Not referred to Food for Families 0.09375 NA NA
Blood glucose, mg/dL/wk
Referred to Food for Families 0.02303 −0.03392 .66
Not referred to Food for Families 0.05695 NA NA
Variable Participant Status, by Enrollment Status
Trend Difference in Trendb P Valuec

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg/wk
Food insecure and enrolled in Food for Families −0.0964 −0.2015 .006
Food insecure and did not enroll in Food for Families 0.18715 0.08205 .24
Not referred to Food for Families 0.1051 NA NA
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg/wk
Food insecure and enrolled in Food for Families −0.01131 −0.1049 .02
Food insecure and did not enroll in Food for Families 0.11442 0.02083 .70
Not referred to Food for Families 0.09359 NA NA
Blood glucose, mg/dL/wk
Food insecure and enrolled in Food for Families −0.01954 −0.07646 .40
Food insecure and did not enroll in Food for Families 0.08363 0.02671 .78
Not referred to Food for Families 0.05692 −NA NA

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.

a

P values calculated by using linear mixed models.

b

Compared with not referred to Food for Families.

c

For difference in trend, compared with not referred to Food for Families.