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Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical and behavioral characteristics of participants

From: Effectiveness of multidisciplinary intervention on blood pressure control in primary health care: a randomized clinical trial

Characteristic

Group

Multidisciplinary Program

Personalized Care

p-value

n = 128

n = 128

Gender, male

40 (31)

35 (27)

0.583a

Age, years

60 ± 11

59 ± 10

0.527b

Race

 White

98 (77)

95 (74)

0.652a

 Yellow

17 (13)

22 (17)

 Black

13 (10)

11 (9)

Years of education completed

 0 – 4

62 (48)

59 (46)

0.410a

 5 – 8

41 (32)

50 (39)

  ≥ 9

25 (20)

19 (15)

Marital status

 Married

74 (58)

78 (61)

0.364a

 Single

14 (11)

8 (6)

 

 Separated

13 (10)

19 (15)

 

 Widowed

27 (21)

23 (18)

 

Social class, BARC

 High, A/B

37 (29)

33 (26)

0.277a

 Medium, C

62 (48)

74 (58)

 Low, D/E

29 (23)

21 (16)

 BMI, Kg/m2

30 ± 0.5

30 ± 0.5

0.784b

Blood pressure, mmHg

 Systolic

156 ± 2

158 ± 2

0.437b

 Diastolic

89 ± 1

90 ± 1

0.633b

Comorbidity Index

 CCI

2 (1–3)

2 (1–4)

0.704c

 CCI-Y

4 (2–5)

3 (2–5)

0.951c

 CIC-Y, survival 10 years

53 (11–85)

56 (16–82)

0.843c

Comorbidity

 Previous myocardial infarction

16 (13)

10 (8)

0.214a

 Heart failure

22 (17)

11 (9)

0.040a

 Peripheral vascular disease

13 (10)

13 (10)

1.000a

 Stroke

18 (14)

17 (13)

0.856a

 Diabetes Mellitus

32 (23)

34 (27)

0.564a

 COPD

9 (7)

5 (4)

0.272a

 Connective tissue disease

57 (45)

69 (54)

0.134a

 Gastric ulcers

24 (19)

24 (19)

1.000a

 Liver disease

12 (9)

13 (10)

1.000a

 Renal disease

17 (13)

20 (16)

0.594a

 Cancer

10 (8)

5 (4)

0.237a

Smoking status

 Never

50 (43)

52 (47)

0.563a

 Current

25 (21)

20 (18)

 

 Past

42 (36)

38 (35)

 
  1. BARC Brazilian association of research companies, BMI Body mass index, CCI Charlson comorbidity index, CCI-Y Charlson comorbidity-year index, COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Values expressed n (%), mean and standard error (SE) or median and interquartile range (IQR)
  2. aPerson chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test
  3. bStudent’s t-test
  4. cMann-Whitney U test