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Table 1 Baseline information

From: From hypertension control to global cardiovascular risk management: an educational intervention in a cluster-randomised controlled trial

 

Complex intervention (A)

Simplex intervention (B)

General practitioners

No

47

42

Patients

No

1849

1674

Mean age (years)

63.8 ± 9.3

63.4 ± 9.1

No (%) female sex

993/1846 (53.8)

857/1672 (51.3)

No (%) of smokers

385/1809 (21.3)

300/1645 (18.2)

Mean BP systolic (mmHg)

137.8 ± 17.0

138.7 ± 16.9

Mean BP diastolic (mmHg)

81.5 ± 9.6

82.3 ± 9.2

Mean Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

216.0 ± 43.0

219.4 ± 44.8

No (%) with diabetes mellitus

623/1845 (33.8)

485/1671 (29.0)

No (%) renal failure

73/1841 (4.0)

56/1670 (3.4)

Mean 10-year risk of cardiovascular mortality

0.104 (±0.094)

0.099 (±0.088)

No (%) with manifest CVD (secondary prevention)

430/1755 (24.5)

340/1600 (21.3)

   No (%) with ischemic heart disease

286/1845 (15.5)

236/1673 (14.1)

   No (%) with cerebrovascular disease

107/1840 (5.8)

99/1672 (5.9)

   No (%) peripheral artery disease

122/1841 (6.6)

87/1669 (5.29)

   No (%) with no CVD (primary prevention)

1325/1755 (75.5)

1260/1600 (78.8)

No (%) with low CVR (10 year risk of cardiovascular mortality < 5%)

495/1755 (28.2)

488/1600 (30.5)

   No (%) with high CVR (10 year risk of cardiovascular mortality ≥ 5%)

830/1755 (47.3)

772/1600 (48.3)

  1. Quantitative values are expressed as the mean ± SD.