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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Heart. 2019 Sep 12;14(4):355–365. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2019.08.003

TABLE 4.

Secondary outcomes

Intervention
Control
Baseline Intervention Follow-Up Change Baseline Control Follow-Up Change Difference in Change
Mean reduction in diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg* 92 87 −5.1 ± 13.5 92 89 −3.0 ± 14.7 −2.1 mm Hg (95% CI: −4.5 to 0.3; p = 0.09)
Control rates of hypertension, % 18.80 36.40 17.6 14.0 22.6 8.6 9 (p = 0.23)
Control rates of diabetes, % 6.20 34.30 28.1 14.5 29.0 14.5 13.6 (p = 0.66)
Statin use in participants with diabetes 3 (1.5) 7 (4.0) 2.5 0 1 (1.6) 1.6 0.9 (p = NS)
Statin use in participants with hypertension, who also smoke tobacco 1 (0.5) 0 −0.5 0 0 0 −0.5 (p = NS)
Aspirin use in participants with
diabetes
1 (0.6) 4 (2.3) 1.7 0 1 (1.6) 1.6 0.1 (p = NS)
Participants who quit smoking at final follow-up 11.8 (26/220) 11.0 (19/173) 0.8 (p = 0.90)

Values are mean ± SD, n (%), or % (n/n), unless otherwise indicated.

*

Among participants with hypertension at baseline: intervention = 341, control = 186.

Defined as blood pressure <140/90 mm Hg: intervention = 341, control = 186.

Defined as fasting blood sugar <126 mg/dl: intervention = 177, control = 61.

CI = confidence interval.