Table 2.

Adherence rates in the intervention and the control groups.

Behavior	Adherence ratea		Differences	χ2 test
	Intervention group, %	Control group, %	Intervention – Control	P value
Salt intake	66.5	75.8	–9.3	.04
Fruits intake	64.6	66.8	–2.2	.68
Vegetables intake	1.0	0.0	1.0	.25
Physical activity	72.7	82.0	–9.3	.03b
Blood pressure monitoring	12.4	13.3	–0.8	.88
Body weight monitoring	1.4	1.4	0.0	>.99

^aProportion of behavior improved (number of participants who improved their behavior from baseline to 5 months).

^bP value <.05.