Table 2.
Characteristics of patients assigned to the control and intervention arms (N=369).
| Clinical variablesa | Control arm (n=182) | Intervention arm (n=187) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 71 (13) | 71 (14) |
| Sex (male), n (%) | 92 (50.5) | 95 (50.8) |
| Race (White), n (%) | 167 (91.8) | 174 (93) |
| Ethnicity (“not Hispanic or Latino”), n (%) | 171 (94) | 178 (95.2) |
| Married, n (%) | 94 (51.6) | 103 (55.1) |
| Taking antiplatelet medications, n (%) | 120 (65.9) | 121 (64.7) |
| Taking statin medications, n (%) | 111 (61) | 112 (59.9) |
| Nonsmokers, n (%) | 132 (72.5) | 135 (72.2) |
| Blood pressure at goal, n (%) | 87 (47.8) | 89 (47.6) |
aTwo-sample 2-tailed t tests were used to compare means, and chi-square tests were used for comparison of percentages; all P values comparing the control and intervention arms were not significant (P>.05).