Table 4.

Mean difference in the number of prescribed medicines, duration of illness and medication adherence scores at baseline among intervention and comparison group subjects enrolled for secondary prevention of CVDs

S.No	Variable	Intervention group n = 250	Comparison group n = 250	Mean difference	95%CIof mean difference	t statistics	P value
1.	Mean number of prescribed medicines (±1 SD)	3.81 ± 1.15	3.78 ± 1.14	0.03	−0.16,0.23	0.31	0.74
2.	Mean duration of illness (years)	3.16 ± 3.42	3.42 ± 4.24	0.25	−0.97,0.45	0.71	0.47
3.	Mean medication adherence scores (MMAS-8)	6.12 ± 1.91	6.12 ± 1.93	0.01	−0.31,0.35	0.11	0.82