Table 1. Behavioral and Clinical Outcomes at Baseline and at 3-Month Follow-Up, Intervention Versus Comparison Group: East Harlem, New York City, 2015.
Intervention group (n=199) | Comparison group (n=171) | Estimated between-group difference | ||||||
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Outcome | Baseline | 3-month FU | p-value | Baseline | 3-month FU | p-value | Difference (95% CI) | p-value |
Measured clinical outcomes, M (SD) | ||||||||
Systolic blood pressure (SBP) | 132.8 (21.3) | 133.0 (22.1) | 0.866 | 128.8 (20.8) | 124.3 (19.4) | 0.004 | 3.79(-0.14, 7.72) | 0.059 |
Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) | 82.6 (12.3) | 83.9 (13.7) | 0.274 | 82.4 (12.3) | 81.1 (12.5) | 0.106 | 2.32(-0.05, 4.69) | 0.055 |
BMI | 33.5 (7.8) | 33.7 (8.2) | 0.415 | 34.3 (8.6) | 34.1 (8.2) | 0.102 | 0.39(-0.05, 0.82) | 0.082 |
Self-reported behaviors, M (SD) | ||||||||
Average number of days of physical activity, past 2 weeks | 4.6 (5.1) | 6.6 (5.8) | <0.001 | 5.7 (5.6) | 5.9 (5.6) | 0.840 | 1.90(0.58, 3.23) | 0.005 |
General health | ||||||||
% reporting mental health status as “Excellent,” “Very good,” or “Good” | 56.7 | 69.0 | 0.025 | 70.0 | 66.5 | 0.972 | 0.12(-0.10, 0.34) | 0.303 |
Hypertension management | ||||||||
% reporting they are managing their hypertension well | 80.5 | 88.8 | 0.019 | 85.1 | 86.7 | 0.781 | 0.07(-0.03, 0.17) | 0.149 |
% with diagnosed hypertension at baseline who routinely measure their own blood pressure | 45.6 | 60.7 | 0.001 | 44.3 | 43.8 | 0.897 | 0.15(0.03, 0.26) | 0.013 |
Diabetes management | ||||||||
% reporting they are managing their diabetes well | 65.7 | 80.0 | 0.011 | 75.0 | 84.5 | 0.073 | 0.05(-0.09, 0.18) | 0.504 |
% with diagnosed diabetes at baseline who routinely measure their glycemic levels | 74.0 | 72.1 | 0.662 | 63.2 | 59.2 | 0.561 | 0.02(-0.12, 0.16) | 0.819 |
Asthma management | ||||||||
% reporting they are managing their asthma well | 87.5 | 79.7 | 0.151 | 85.0 | 82.4 | 0.589 | -0.05(-0.19, 0.09) | 0.491 |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05). Absolute difference is shown for blood pressure, BMI, and average days of physical activity in the estimated between-group difference column. Difference in % improved is shown for percentage-based outcomes.
FU, follow-up.