A successful chronic care program in Al Ain-United Arab Emirates

Table 6 Paired t-test of outcome measures comparing before and after the intervention.

	(2006 mean-2007mean)*	No.	P value	(2007 Mean-2008 Mean)**	No.	P value
Hypertension
BMI	29.8-29.9	675	0.81	29.2-29.6	421	0.4
HbA1c in DM	8.0-7.3	265	<0.001	7.19-7.17	218	0.8
Total cholesterol	200.7-184.6	634	<0.001	185.8-162.3	408	<0.001
LDL	130.9-118.8	538	<0.001	119.0-104.9	403	<0.001
HDL	43.5-43.46	537	0.9	44.0-40.2	410	0.07
TG	138.9-122.2	624	<0.001	125-105.6	406	<0.001
Diabetes Mellitus
BMI	29.2-29.4	572	0.015	28.5-29.2	383	0.015
HbA1c in DM	8.4-7.7	436	<0.001	7.8-7.6	321	0.035
Total cholesterol	197.8-180.9	557	<0.001	184.1-155.0	370	<0.001
LDL	126.5-113.5	478	<0.001	115-98.1	366	<0.001
HDL	42.9-43.0	478	0.8	44.1-40.4	370	0.019
TG	148.2-130	552	<0.001	131.86-107.6	369	<0.001
Blood pressure control
In patients with DM
Systolic BP	125.4-122.2	179	<0.001	122.2-122.3	189	0.13
Diastolic BP	79.8-76.6	179	<0.001	76.7-75.3	189	0.01
In patients with HTN
Systolic BP	138.9-132.8	414	<0.001	133.2-131.6	226	0.07
Diastolic BP	85.8-81.3	415	<0.001	82.3-79.4	228	<0.001
In patients with HTN and DM
Systolic BP	137.8 -131.9	389	<0.001	133.1-134.7	237	0.1
Diastolic BP	83.5-79.9	389	<0.001	83.4-80.2	237	0.002

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