Table 2. HbA1c change in the intervention and the control groups.

HbA1c	Intervention group (N= 84)		Control group (N= 80)
	Mean (SD)	p-Value	Mean (SD)	p-Value*
Baseline	8.4 (1.06)		8.5 (1.29)
3 months	7.9 (1.26)	0.001†	**	**
6 months	7.7 (1.35)	0.001††	8.4 (1.32)	0.032†††
mean change (SD)	-0.7 (0.84)		-0.1 (0.58)

^*Paired t-test at alpha less than 0.05

^**no HbA1c value obtained from the control group at 3 months

^†statistically significant while comparing baseline with 3 months

^††statistically significant while comparing baseline with 6 months

^†††statistically significant while comparing baseline with 6 months