CoCo trial: Color-coded blood pressure Control, a randomized controlled study

Figures & data

Figure 1 (A) Color-coded and (B) standard blood pressure booklet.

Table 1 Patient characteristics at inclusion according to randomization

Characteristic	Intervention group	Control group
Number	65	56
Male (%)	53.9	44.6
Age (years)	61.5 (13.1)	62.0 (12.6)
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.2 (4.3)	28.8 (5.4)
Smokers (%)	21.5	23.2
Ex-smokers (%)	29.2	28.6
Education (years)	11.4 (4.4)	10.7 (4.1)
Number of AH drugs	1.3 (0.9)	1.6 (1.0)
No AH medication (%)	9.2	12.5
HBPM (%)	61.5	64.3
Systolic BP (mmHg)	157.5 (15.3)	159.5 (13.2)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	91.8 (7.6)	92.8 (9.6)
Pulse rate per minute	73.7 (10.3)	75.1 (11.7)

Note: Continuous variables are indicated as the mean and standard deviation.

Abbreviations: AH, arterial hypertension; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring.

Table 2 Follow-up measurements after 6 months according to randomization

Criteria	Intervention group	Control group
Systolic BP (mmHg)	141.4 (13.0)	146.4 (17.9)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	83.8 (9.8)	84.2 (11.7)
BP control (%)*	43.1°	25.0
Change of systolic BP (mmHg) baseline vs follow-up	−16.1 (16.3)	−13.1 (16.1)
Change of diastolic BP (mmHg) baseline vs follow-up	−7.9 (9.4)	−8.6 (10.4)

Notes: Continuous variables are indicated as the mean and standard deviation.

* BP <140/90 mmHg

° P<0.05 between groups.

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; vs, versus.

Figure 2 Study flow chart.

Abbreviation: BP, blood pressure.