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.