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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in KM2H2 program

From: Persistent effect at 30-month post intervention of a community-based randomized trial of KM2H2 in reducing stroke and heart attack among senior hypertensive patients

Characteristic

Total

Intervention

Control

p value

Sample size

450

232

218

 

Age in years, n (%)

0.662

 55–59 years

119 (26.4)

53 (22.8)

66 (30.3)

 

 60–64 years

136 (30.2)

76 (32.8)

60 (27.5)

 

 65–69 years

111 (24.7)

66 (28.4)

45 (20.6)

 

 70+ years

84 (18.7)

37 (16.0)

47 (21.6)

 

 Mean (SD)

64.2 (6.1)

64.3(5.6)

64.0 (6.5)

 

Gender, n (%)

0.625

 Male

189 (42.0)

100 (43.1)

89 (40.8)

 

 Female

261 (58.0)

132 (56.9)

129 (59.2)

 

Monthly personal income RMB, n (%)

0.001

 <1000 Yuan

94 (20.9)

42 (9.3)

52 (23.8)

 

 1000–2499 Yuan

234 (52.0)

111 (47.8)

123 (56.4)

 

 ≥2500 Yuan

115 (25.6)

77 (33.2)

38 (17.4)

 

 Unknown

7 (0.9)

2 (0.9)

5 (2.3)

 

Marital status, n (%)

0.002

 Married/cohabit

398 (88.4)

216 (93.1)

182 (83.5)

 

 Divorced/separated

36 (8.0)

10 (4.3)

26 (11.9)

 

 Not reported

16 (3.6)

6 (2.6)

10 (4.6)

 

Regular smoking, n (%)

0.004

 Yes

85 (18.9)

32 (13.8)

53 (24.3)

 

 No

365 (81.1)

200 (86.2)

165 (75.7)

 

Regular drinking, n (%)

0.952

 Yes

80 (17.8)

41 (17.7)

39 (17.9)

 

 No

370 (82.2)

191 (82.3)

179 (82.1)

 

Blood pressure (mmHg)

 Systolic, mean (SD)

141.2 (17.2)

140.7 (17.1)

141.7 (17.3)

0.565

 Diastolic, mean (SD)

86.5 (10.8)

86.1(9.3)

87.0 (12.3)

0.399

Years of hypertension, n (%)

0.021

 <5 years

143 (31.8)

61 (26.3)

82 (37.6)

 

 5–14 years

184 (40.9)

98 (42.2)

86 (39.5)

 

 ≥15 years

123 (27.3)

73 (31.5)

50 (22.9)

 

 Mean (SD)

12.5 (10.7)

13.0 (10.5)

12.0 (10.9)

 

Family history, n (%)

 Hypertension

264 (58.7)

141 (60.8)

123 (56.4)

0.349

 Diabetes

48 (10.7)

25 (10.8)

23 (10.6)

0.938

 Stroke

68 (15.1)

41 (17.7)

27 (12.4)

0.118

 Heart diseases

52 (11.6)

32 (13.8)

20 (9.2)

0.126

 Hyperlipidemia

34 (7.6)

16 (6.9)

18 (8.3)

0.585

Medication adherence, n (%)

314 (69.8)

161 (69. 4)

153 (70.2)

0.856

  1. Note: SD standard error