Table 2.
Adherence outcome and statistical analyses with stress (adjusted) (Northeastern US, 2004–2006).
| AllA |
Stress score |
Systolic BP |
Diastolic BP |
BP control |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Mean ± SD | t-statistic1 | p | Mean ± SD | t-statistic1 | p | Mean ± SD | t-statistic1 | p | Yes | No | χ2/p | |
| Pharmacological adherence | 0.822 | .532 | 0.250 | .617 | 3.009 | .084 | .101/.750 | ||||||
| Adherent | 44 (16) | 6.6 ± 2.7 | 131.7 ± 15.3 | 82.8 ± 9.9 | 24 (17) | 20 (15) | |||||||
| Non-adherent | 233 (84) | 6.9 ± 2.6 | 133.3 ± 20.2 | 80.1 ± 9.5 | 121 (83) | 112 (85) | |||||||
| Non-pharmacological adherence | 2.551 | .042⁎ | 5.115 | <.001⁎ | 1.805 | .126 | 25.03/<.001⁎ | ||||||
| Adherent | 232 (41) | 6.0 ± 2.5 | 126.0 ± 19.0 | 78.2 ± 9.8 | 176 (44) | 86 (41) | |||||||
| Non-adherent | 335 (59) | 7.0 ± 2.6 | 127.0 ± 18.4 | 78.1 ± 9.8 | 220 (56) | 115 (59) | |||||||
Note. Data expressed as [M ± SD] or [n (%)].
Bolded texts denote which statistical test was used.
1
Between-subjects t-test.
A
Total participants on hypertensive medication prescription was n = 277; total participants prescribed a non-pharmacological regimen by clinicians was n = 567.