BP readings from 1 year prior to baseline to 6-month postrecruitment among all intervention and control patients
| Average BP 1 year ago | Average recent BP | Average BP at recruitment | ||||
| Intervention (n=112) | Control (n=309) | Intervention (n=110) | Control (n=240) | Intervention (n=124) | Control (n=358) | |
| Systolic (range) | 149* (115–192) | 139 (96–198) | 153* (103–200) | 139 (100–190) | 146* (82–194) | 136 (87–197) |
| Diastolic (range) | 87* (54–118) | 81 (48–128) | 89* (51–140) | 82 (47–116) | 86* (55–115) | 80 (40–112) |
| Average BP at 1 month | Average BP at 2 months | Average BP at 3 months | ||||
| Intervention (n=105) | Control (n=51) | Intervention (n=114) | Control (n=62) | Intervention (n=102) | Control (n=67) | |
| Systolic (range) | 140 (111–181) | 136 (106–198) | 138 (113–173) | 140 (99–184) | 138 (108–185) | 137 (110–175) |
| Diastolic (range) | 86* (63–129) | 80 (49–128) | 85 (65–127) | 83 (55–113) | 86 (64–131) | 82 (48–109) |
| Average BP at 4 months | Average BP at 5 months | Average BP at 6 months | ||||
| Intervention (n=37) | Control (n=80) | Intervention (n=33) | Control (n=68) | Intervention (n=29) | Control (n=61) | |
| Systolic (range) | 144 (114–197) | 137 (101–175) | 137 (101–175) | 139 (101–180) | 138 (119–186) | 135 (100–167) |
| Diastolic (range) | 85 (66–134) | 82 (49–112) | 83 (62–132) | 82 (47–100) | 84* (67–104) | 79 (57–100) |
*BP from intervention patients significantly different to control patients at the level of p<0.05.