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Table 3. Medication use and changes.

Medications Baseline IG Final IG Baseline CG Final CG
Hypoglycemic medications
 0 kind 68.9% (73) 67% (71) 68.6% (70) 67.6% (69)
 1 kind 18.9% (20) 16% (17) 14.7% (15) 19.6% (20)
 2 kinds 10.4% (11) 13.2% (14) 10.8% (11) 7.8% (8)
 3 kinds 1.9% (2) 2.8% (3) 5.9% (6) 4.9% (5)
 4 kinds 0% (0) 0.9% (1) 0% (0) 0% (0)
 Patients with any changes in medication 19.8% (21) 19.6% (20)
Hypertension medications
 0 kind 6.6% (7) 5.7% (6) 1% (1) 2.9% (3)
 1 kind 22.6% (24) 28.3% (30) 13.7% (14) 15.7% (16)
 2 kinds 50.9% (54) 43.4% (46) 57.8% (59) 59.8% (61)
 3 kinds 16.0% (17) 17.9% (19) 19.6% (20) 18.6% (19)
 4 kinds 3.8% (4) 2.8% (3) 6.9% (7) 6.9% (7)
 5 kinds 0% (0) 1.9% (2) 1% (1) 0% (0)
 Patients with any changes in medication 47.2% (50) 39.2% (40)
Lipid medications
 0 kind 12.3% (13) 10.4% (11) 17.6% (18) 18.6% (19)
 1 kind 86.8% (92) 87.7% (93) 78.4% (80) 75.5% (77)
 2 kinds 0.9% (1) 1.9% (2) 3.9% (4) 5.9% (6)
 Patients with any changes in medication 10.4% (11) 25.5% (26)

CG, control group; IG, intervention group.