Table 2 Mean risk-factor measures at discharge and 12 months, and mean change scores, for the integrated care (IC) and standard care (SC) groups (standard deviations in parentheses)

	Group	Discharge	12 months	Change	t Test	ANCOVA
sBP	IC	134.2 (17.0)	128.5 (13.7)	6.0 (20.1)
	SC	131.2 (19.2)	134.5 (19.4)	−1.8 (24.2)	p = 0.02	p = 0.04
dBP	IC	76.1 (11.7)	77.3 (8.3)	−1.0 (12.3)
	SC	75.6 (12.0)	79.1 (8.9)	−2.8 (13.0)	p = 0.37
Cholesterol	IC	5.1 (1.0)	4.9 (1.0)	0.3 (1.0)
	SC	5.2 (1.4)	5.0 (1.0)	0.2 (1.4)	p = 0.74
Body mass index	IC	28.1 (5.8)	27.5 (5.4)	0.5 (2.1)
	SC	28.1 (5.6)	28.7 (6.3)	−0.3 (2.4)	p = 0.04	p = 0.007
Walks	IC	3.9 (2.9)	4.7 (2.5)	0.8 (3.2)
	SC	4.3 (2.8)	3.6 (2.7)	−0.7 (3.2)	p = 0.001	p<0.001

Cholesterol, total cholesterol; dBP, diastolic blood pressure; sBP, systolic blood pressure; Walks, deliberate exercise walks per week.