Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants (N=384).
| Variables | Intervention group (n=192) | Control group (n=192) | P value | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 68.5 (7.9) | 69.4 (9.7) | .32 | ||
| Gender, n (%) | .08 | ||||
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Male | 68 (35.4) | 51 (26.6) | ||
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Female | 124 (64.6) | 141 (73.4) | ||
| Education, n (%) | .02 | ||||
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Primary school or below | 37 (19.3) | 56 (29.2) | ||
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Junior high school | 82 (42.7) | 64 (33.3) | ||
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High school | 52 (27.1) | 46 (24.0) | ||
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College | 9 (4.7) | 4 (2.1) | ||
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Undergraduate university or above | 12 (6.3) | 22 (11.5) | ||
| Smoking, n (%) | .74 | ||||
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Yes | 22 (11.5) | 19 (9.9) | ||
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No | 170 (88.5) | 173 (90.1) | ||
| Drinking, n (%) | .08 | ||||
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Yes | 28 (14.6) | 16 (8.3) | ||
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No | 164 (85.4) | 176 (91.7) | ||
| Living arrangements, n (%) | .10 | ||||
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Living alone | 26 (13.5) | 39 (20.3) | ||
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Living with family members | 166 (86.5) | 153 (79.7) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 25.2 (3.0) | 24.8 (3.1) | .20 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 146.0 (18.1) | 149.9 (21.7) | .05 | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 77.9 (10.7) | 79.9 (10.6) | .06 | ||
| 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale score, mean (SD) | 6.9 (1.5) | 6.8 (1.3) | .67 | ||
| Knowledge score, mean (SD) | 5.7 (1.3) | 5.6 (1.2) | .34 | ||