Cardiovascular risk management and its impact on hypertension control in primary care in low-resource settings: a cluster-randomized trial
Shanthi Mendis, S Claiborne Johnston, Wu Fan, Olulola Oladapo, Ali Cameron & Mohammed F Faramawi
Volume 88, Number 6, June 2010, 412-419
Table 3. Differences in risk factors at 12-month follow-up among participants in a clinical trial of the World Health Organization risk management package for cardiovascular disease, China and Nigeria, 2005–2006
| Characteristic | Site Aa |
Site Bb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n = 584) |
Control (n = 605) |
P-value | Intervention (n = 530) |
Control (n = 447) |
P-value | ||
| Mean change in SBP in mmHg (SD) | −13.28 (12.25) | −9.42 (11.77) | < 0.0001 | −11.01 (15.37) | −6.61 (20.57) | 0.0002 | |
| Mean change in DBP in mmHg (SD) | −6.07 (7.54) | −4.54 (7.57) | 0.0005 | −5.36 (9.99) | −2.03 (13.20) | < 0.0001 | |
| Mean change in BMI in kg/m2 (SD) | 0.06 (1.71) | 0.07 (2.03) | 0.66 | −0.22 (1.56) | 0.92 (1.28) | < 0.0001 | |
| No. who quit smoking (%)c | 7.00 (3.6) | 4.00 (2.00) | 0.38 | 22.00 (100.0) | 32.00 (74.4) | 0.023 | |
| No. with increased fruit consumption (%)b | 219 (37.7) | 218 (36.1) | 0.30 | 495.00 (93.4) | 84.00 (18.8) | < 0.0001 | |
| No. with increased vegetable consumption (%)d | 91.00 (15.6) | 108 (17.9) | 0.17 | 75.00 (14.2) | 31.00 (7.00) | 0.0002 | |
BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; mmHg, millimetres of mercury; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation.
a China.
b Nigeria.
c Subjects who quit smoking during the study as a result of the counselling provided.
d From “seldom” to “several times per week”, or from “several times per week” to “daily”.