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. 2017 Jul 11;19(7):e246. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7833

Table 4.

Summary of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) results for 4-week and 12-week digital medicine offering (DMO) groups.

Outcome 4-week DMO 12-week DMO

Value Difference,a
(95% CI)
Adjusted difference,a
(95% CI)
Value Difference,a
(95% CI)
Adjusted difference,a
(95% CI)
SBP (mm Hg)






Baseline mean (SE) 152.2 (1.6)

146.4 (0.8)


Week 4 mean change (SE) –21.5 (2.5) –8.8 (3.5);
(–15.7, –1.9)
–8.5 (3.8);
(–15.8, –1.1)
–22.1 (1.8) –9.4 (2.9);
(–15.1, –3.6)
–11.3 (3.3);
(–17.6, –4.9)

Week 12 mean change (SE) –17.2 (5.6) –1.1 (5.9);
(–12.6, 10.4)
–0.3 (6.2);
(–12.5, 11.9)
–24.6 (1.7) –9.4 (2.7);
(–14.6, –4.2)
–11.0 (3.1);
(–17.1, –4.9)
DBP (mm Hg)






Baseline mean (SE) 90.5 (2.8)

82.0 (5.1)


Week 4 mean change (SE) –10.1 (1.6) –4.3 (3.1);
(–10.5, 1.8)
–1.6 (2.4);
(–6.2, 3.0)
–7.8 (3.9) –2.1 (5.2);
(–12.2, 8.0)
–4.4 (2.5);
(–9.4, 0.5)

Week 12 mean change (SE) –7.9 (3.3) –1.8 (4.0); (–9.7, 6.1) 2.0 (4.0); (–4.6, 8.6) –9.2 (3.6) –3.1 (4.1); (–11.2, 4.9) –5.9 (4.1); (–13.3, 1.5)
Proportion at BP goal (%)






Week 4 mean (SE) 72.5 (7.3) 39.2 (12.5);
(14.7, 63.7)
N/Ab 90.0 (6.7) 56.7 (16.4);
(24.6, 88.7)
N/Ab

Week 12 mean (SE) 62.5 (9.3) 10.8 (23.4);
(–35.1, 56.6)
N/Ab 97.5 (2.5) 45.8 (19.8);
(7.1, 84.5)
N/Ab
FPG (mg/dL)






Baseline mean (SE) 174.2 (13.6)

191.4 (16.2)


Week 4 mean change (SE) 4.7 (9.6) –10.3 (19.9);
(–49.2, 28.6)
–9.8 (23.5);
(–56.0, 36.3)
–22.8 (31.1) –38.7 (32.0);
(–101.4, 24.1)
–15.9 (30.7);
(–76.1, 44.3)

Week 12 mean change (SE) 20.9 (9.2) 6.8 (15.4);
(–23.4, 37.0)
–0.5 (17.3);
(–34.4, 33.4)
–28.9 (18.9) –44.6 (21.8);
(–87.4, –1.8)
–26.3 (22.9);
(–71.2, 18.7)
HbA1c(%)






Baseline mean (SE) 8.79 (0.29)

8.53 (0.20)


Week 12 mean change (SE) –0.32 (0.22) –0.65 (0.44);
(–1.52, 0.23)
–0.63 (0.54);
(–1.69, 0.43)
–0.08 (0.22) –0.35 (0.40);
(–1.13, 0.42)
–0.50 (0.67);
(–1.81, 0.81)
HbA1cbaseline ≥8% (%)c






Baseline mean (SE) 9.78 (0.30)

9.29 (0.23)


Week 12 mean change (SE) –0.72 (0.23) –0.98 (0.38);
(–1.72, –0.24)
–0.98 (0.45);
(–1.86, –0.10)
–0.31 (0.31) –0.57 (0.49);
(–1.53, 0.39)
–0.98 (0.58);
(–2.12, 0.16)

aDifference from usual care.

bN/A: Adjusted analysis was not performed.

c4-week DMO: n=26; 12-week DMO: n=24.