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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 25.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Mar;52(3 Suppl 3):S284–S289. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.08.034

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
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.