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Table 3 The effects of different interventions on Children’s blood pressure

From: Evaluation of a comprehensive intervention with a behavioural modification strategy for childhood obesity prevention: a nonrandomized cluster controlled trial

 

Baselinea mean [SD]

Post-interventiona mean [SD]

P value

Adjusted changeb mean (95 % CI)

Systolic blood pressure (SBP, mmHg)

 Comprehensive intervention

106.2 [10.3]

103.4 [10.2]

 

−4.37 (−8.42, −0.33)c, d, e

 PA only group

107.3 [11.0]

112.4 [10.9]

<0.001

3.48 (−0.28, 7.24)

 Diet only group

107.7 [8.7]

109.6 [9.8]

 

0.23 (−3.74, 4.20)

 Control group

104.2 [9.5]

105.8 [9.8]

 

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Diastolic blood pressure (DBP, mmHg)

 Comprehensive intervention

66.0 [7.4]

63.1 [6.5]

 

−5.50 (−8.81, −2.19)c, e

 PA only group

68.8 [8.4]

69.3 [8.1]

<0.001

−2.15 (−5.23, 0.933)

 Diet only group

71.9 [7.5]

69.2 [7.2]

 

−3.27 (−6.52, −4.02)

 Control group

64.2 [7.7]

66.8 [6.2]

 

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  1. aUnadjusted mean [SD] were presented for baseline and post-intervention measures
  2. bAdjusted change means and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) are the differences among intervention groups relative to control group by linear mixed model adjusted for baseline value, gender and age
  3. cAdjusted differences in groups vs. in PA only group, P < 0.05
  4. dAdjusted differences in groups vs. in diet only group, P < 0.05
  5. eAdjusted differences in groups vs. in control group, P < 0.05