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Table 3 Primary outcome measures for assessment of the effectiveness of AH treatment in South Croatia

From: Effectiveness of treatment of newly diagnosed hypertension in family medicine practices in South Croatia

Primary outcome measure

Urban area (n = 64)

Rural area (n = 78)

Island area (n = 71)

P

Rate of acheiving normotension (n, (%))

37 (57.8)

45 (57.7)

40 (56.3)

0.981a

Arterial pressure [mmHg; mean, 95% CI] before treatment:

 Systolic arterial pressure

158.9 (156.1–161.7)

162.4 (158.8–165.9)

159.2 (155.2–163.2)

> 0.05b

 Diastolic arterial pressure

96.0 (94.0–97.9)

97.5 (95.5–99.5)

97.8 (95.7–99.8)

> 0.05b

Arterial pressure [mmHg; mean, 95% CI] after one-year treatmentc:

 Systolic arterial pressure

141.0 (138.1–143.8)

137.5 (134.7–140.2)

136.6 (134.1–139.2)

0.073b

 Diastolic arterial pressure

86.0 (84.4–87.6)

84.9 (83.1–86.8)

82.4 (80.8–84.0)

0.012b

Treatment complications (n, (%))

4 (6.3)

7 (9.0)

6 (8.5)

0.838a

 No data

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. aχ2 test
  2. bTwo-way ANOVA
  3. cBecause of the historical study design this time had a deviation of ±15 days