|
Characteristics
|
Total (n = 200)
|
Study Group
|
p-value
|
|---|
|
Teaching: Individual (n = 98)
|
Usual Care (n = 102)
|
|---|
|
Sociodemographic
|
|
Age (years)
|
62.8 ± 11.1
|
62.8 ± 11.6
|
62.7 ± 10.7
|
0.948
|
|
Sex
|
|
Women
|
146 (73.00)
|
72 (73.47)
|
74 (72.55)
|
0.883
|
|
Men
|
54 (27.00)
|
26 (26.53)
|
28 (27.45)
|
|
Marital status
|
|
Married/living in a free union
|
98 (49.00)
|
50 (51.02)
|
48 (47.06)
|
0.950
|
|
Divorced
|
19 (9.50)
|
9 (9.18)
|
10 (9.80)
|
|
Single
|
48 (24.00)
|
23 (23.47)
|
25 (24.51)
|
|
Widowers
|
35 (17.50)
|
16 (16.33)
|
19 (18.63)
|
|
Socioeconomic status
|
|
Low
|
174 (87.00)
|
84 (85.71)
|
90 (88.24)
|
0.596
|
|
Medium
|
26 (13.00)
|
14 (14.29)
|
12 (11.76)
|
|
Year of schooling
|
5 (2–5)
|
4 (2–5)
|
5 (2–5)
|
0.443
|
|
Occupation
|
|
Unemployed
|
22 (11.00)
|
9 (9.18)
|
13 (12.75)
|
0.455
|
|
Employees
|
13 (6.50)
|
4 (4.08)
|
9 (8.82)
|
|
Housewives
|
117 (58.50)
|
60 (61.22)
|
57 (55.88)
|
|
Independent
|
47 (23.50)
|
24 (24.49)
|
23 (22.55)
|
|
Pensioners
|
1 (0.50)
|
1 (1.02)
|
0 (0.00)
|
|
Clinics
|
|
Diseases
|
|
Type 2 diabetes
|
24 (12.00)
|
11 (11.22)
|
13 (12.75)
|
0.944
|
|
Hypertension
|
125 (62.50)
|
62 (63.27)
|
63 (61.76)
|
|
Hypertension/Type 2 diabetes
|
51 (25.50)
|
25 (25.51)
|
26 (25.49)
|
|
Charlson index (points)
|
1 (0–1)
|
1 (0–1)
|
1 (0–1)
|
0.913
|
|
Tobacco consumption in the last year
|
12 (6.15)
|
6 (6.25)
|
6 (6.06)
|
0.956
|
|
Body mass index (kg/m2)
|
29.1 ± 5.4
|
29.5 ± 5.5
|
28.7 ± 5.3
|
0.349
|
|
Waist-hip index
|
0.89 ± 0.07
|
0.90 ± 0.07
|
0.89 ± 0.08
|
0.440
|
|
Cholesterol (mg/dl)
|
|
Total
|
196 ± 40
|
200 ± 34
|
192 ± 45
|
0.165
|
|
Low density lipoprotein (LDL)
|
114 ± 37
|
118 ± 36
|
111 ± 38
|
0.248
|
|
High density lipoprotein (HDL)
|
48 ± 12
|
48 ± 12
|
48 ± 11
|
0.838
|
|
Triglycerides
|
173 ± 84
|
165 (115–204)
|
152 (116–207)
|
0.257
|
|
Outcomes
|
|
Adherence score (points)
|
9.39 ± 2.05
|
9.39 ± 1.97
|
9.38 ± 2.13
|
0.957
|
|
SBP in 24 h (mmHg)
|
124 ± 14.3
|
125 ± 14.6
|
123 ± 13.9
|
0.385
|
|
HbA1c (%)
|
6.18 ± 1.58
|
6.19 ± 1.71
|
6.15 ± 1.44
|
0.879
|
- This table contains n (%) for categorical variables and mean (standard deviation) or median (first and third quartile) for continuous variables
- Abbreviations: SBP Systolic blood pressure, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; HbA1c = Glycated haemoglobin
