Table II.
Blood Pressures (BPs) (Office vs. Home, Average ± Standard Deviation) for Subjects With Outcomes Before and After 8 Weeks of Study According to Randomized Group and Duration of Use of the Device to Guide Slow Breathing
| Office BPs (mm Hg) | Home BPs (mm Hg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | n | Baseline | After 8 Weeks | n | Baseline | After 8 Weeks |
| Device provided | 79 | 150.3±8.3/ | 139.7±13.7/ | 57 | 145.8±17.0/ | 145.3±15.8/ |
| 84.7±9.0 | 81.5±9.6 | 85.9±10.7 | 85.3±9.8 | |||
| BP monitoring only | 57 | 149.8±9.4/ | 140.6±15.0/ | 47 | 141.3±15.8/ | 141.9±17.4/ |
| 86.8±8.1 | 83.6±9.0 | 83.7±9.7 | 83.5±10.7 | |||
| High users | 33 | 150.3±6.5/ | 135.3±12.0/ | 29 | 145.9±15.9/ | 147.6±16.9/ |
| 83.4±9.0 | 78.9±9.2 | 85.0±9.4 | 85.4±8.9 | |||
| Low users | 43 | 150.7±9.6/ | 143.3±14.4*/ | 28 | 145.7±18.2/ | 143.1±14.6/ |
| 86.0±9.1 | 83.3±9.0** | 86.9±12.0 | 85.2±10.9 | |||
| *p=0.005, high users vs. low users; **p=0.025, high users vs. low users | ||||||