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Table 4 Six-month hypertension treatment outcome in Syrian patients, Shatila primary care clinic, Beirut, Lebanon, 2016–2017

From: Treating Syrian refugees with diabetes and hypertension in Shatila refugee camp, Lebanon: Médecins Sans Frontières model of care and treatment outcomes

 

Baseline BP

Six month BP

p-valuea

SBP mmHg - [mean (SD); min-max]

 HTN (n = 153)

145 (23.9); 100–220

129 (18.7); 100–190

<0.001

 HTN and DM ( n= 152)

140 (22.3); 80–210

132 (23.2); 80–260

<0.001

DBP mmHg - [mean (SD); min-max]

 HTN (n = 153)

89 (15.0); 60–130

83 (10.8); 50–110

<0.001

 HTN and DM (n = 152)

86 (12.4); 50–110

82 (15.0); 50–180

0.011

Controlled BP - [n (%)]

   

 HTN (n = 153)

42 (27)

75 (49)

<0.001

 HTN and DM (n = 152)

55 (36)

79 (52)

0.006

  1. DBP diastolic blood pressure, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, SBP systolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation
  2. ap-value <0.05 is statistically significant; paired t-tests for mean and McNemar tests for proportions
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