Table 2.
Changes in the cardiovascular disease risk factors at the completion of the preventive cardiac care program.
| Risk factors | CardioClick cohort (n=76) | Historical in-person cohort (n=173) | Comparison of change between cohorts, P value | ||||||||
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| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 126 (17) | 121 (13) | –5 (11) | <.001 | 128 (15) | 125 (13) | –3 (13) | .005 | .24 | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 79 (10) | 74 (9) | –5 (11) | <.001 | 81 (10) | 79 (8) | –2 (10) | .009 | .05 | ||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 193 (41) | 160 (38) | –33 (45) | <.001 | 190 (47) | 171 (43) | –19 (44) | <.001 | .02 | ||
| Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD)a | 125 (36) | 98 (33) | –27 (40) | <.001 | 121 (39) | 104 (37) | –17 (38) | <.001 | .06 | ||
| High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 50 (14) | 49 (11) | –1 (8) | .22 | 48 (14) | 49 (14) | 0.8 (7) | .11 | .08 | ||
| Triglycerides (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 113 (55) | 91 (40) | –22 (44) | <.001 | 135 (83) | 112 (67) | –23 (82) | <.001 | .92 | ||
| Hemoglobin A1c (%), mean (SD)a | 5.8 (0.6) | 5.8 (0.5) | –0.1 (0.5) | .52 | 6.0 (1.0) | 5.9 (0.1) | –0.1 (0.5) | .23 | .86 | ||
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 26.8 (4) | 25.6 (3) | –1.2 (1.2) | <.001 | 26.7 (3.7) | 26.7 (4.7) | 0.01 (3.5) | .96 | .004 | ||
aReported only for those patients for whom data were available.