Characteristic |
Mean age, years (range) | 70 (49–84) |
Men, n (%) | 13 (57) |
IMDa 2007 score, median | 13.5 |
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Mean blood pressureb, mmHg |
Baseline | 159/84 |
12 months | 135/76 |
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Marital status, n (%) |
Married/cohabiting | 21 (91) |
Widowed | 2 (9) |
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Occupation (missing data = 1), n (%) |
Professional/managerial and technical | 13 (57) |
Skilled manual and non-manual | 3 (13) |
Partly skilled and unskilled | 2 (9) |
Unemployed/unwaged | 4 (17) |
Previous home monitoring | 12 (52) |
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Number of medication changes made |
0 | 6 |
1 | 5 |
2 | 4 |
3 | 3 |
4 | 4 |
5 | 1 |