Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

	Total cohort (n= 247)			Pre–post comparisons (n= 140)				Acceptability comparisons (n= 183)
	n	Mean (SD)	95% CI	n	Mean (SD)	95% CI	P-value ^a	n	Mean (SD)	95% CI	P-value
Age	247	56.2 (9.8)	55.0 to 57.5	140	57.7 (9.8)	56.0 to 59.3	0.01	183	56.4 (9.7)	55.0 to 57.8	0.37
	n	Number (%)	95% CI of %	n	Number (%)	95% CI of %	P-value ^a	n	Number (%)	95% CI of %	P-value
Female	247	122 (49.4)	43.2 to 55.6	140	77 (55.0)	46.7 to 63.1	0.04	183	90 (49.2)	42.0 to 56.4	0.91
Hypertensive^b	203	109 (53.7)	46.8 to 60.5	131	69 (52.7)	44.1 to 61.1	0.69	171	90 (52.6)	45.2 to 60.0	0.48

↵a P-value for comparison with excluded cohort members.
↵b Available for completers of the diagnostic study only (mean daytime ambulatory BP >135 mmHg systolic and/or 85 mmHg diastolic). CI = confidence interval. SD = standard deviation.