| Medication and Instruction | Group Incidence | Compliant Group | Non-compliant Group | p value* |
| ANTIHYPERTENSIVES COMBINED† | N = 435 | |||
| Take medication | 219 (50.3%) | 180/219 (82.2%) | 39/219 (17.8%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 159.8 (24.4) | 156.8 (21.7) | 0.4901 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 98.7 (13.7) | 96.6 (15.7) | 0.4080 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 96 (54) | 18 (49) | 0.6033 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 125 (69) | 27 (73) | 0.6696 |
| Do not take medication | 86 (19.8%) Missing: 28 | 49/58 (85%) | 9/58 (16%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 165.1 (23.4) | 157.2 (12.8) | 0.3326 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 100.7 (12.4) | 106.1 (8.2) | 0.2166 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 33 (67) | 4 (44) | 0.2616 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 32 (65) | 4 (44) | 0.2783 |
| No instructions given | 130 (29.9%) | - | - | - |
| ACE-Is AND ARBs | N = 143 |
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| Take medication | 40 (28%) | 35/40 (88%) | 5/40 (13%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 157.6 (30.2) | 160 (20.3) | 0.8633 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 101.4 (15.0) | 94 (21.9) | 0.3332 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 16 (46) | 3 (60) | 0.6544 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 19 (54) | 4 (80) | 0.3725 |
| Do not take medication | 41 (29%) Missing: 15 | 23/26 (89%) | 3/26 (12%) |
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| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 162.4 (26) | 146.7 (15.3) | 0.3214 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 102.8 (14.6) | 113.3 (11.5) | 0.2453 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 15 (65) | 1 (33) | 0.5385 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 14 (61) | 1 (33) | 0.5558 |
| No instructions given | 62 (43%) | - | - | - |
| ALPHA 1 BLOCKERS | N = 23 |
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| Take medication | 5 (22%) | 4/5 (80%) | 1/5 (20%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 153.8 (18.9) | 170 | - |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 95 (9.1) | 80 | - |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 2 (50) | 1 (100) | >0.999 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 3 (75) | 1 (100) | >0.999 |
| Do not take medication | 6 (26%) Missing: 3 | 3/3 (100%) | 0 |
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| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 186.7 (14.4) | - | - |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 93.3 (2.9) | - | - |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 3 (100) | - | - |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 3 (100) | - | - |
| No instructions given | 12 (52%) | - | - | - |
| Medication and Instruction | Group Incidence | Compliant Group | Non-compliant Group | p value* |
| BETA BLOCKERS | N = 81 |
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| Take medication | 76 (94%) | 60/76 (79%) | 16/76 (21%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 163 (22.9) | 144.3 (18.4) | 0.0046 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 98.8 (13.9) | 96 (17.5) | 0.5045 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 36 (60) | 3 (20) | 0.0055 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 40 (67) | 10 (67) | >0.999 |
| Do not take medication | 1 (1%) | 1/1 (100%) | 0 |
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| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 195 | - | - |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 95 | - | - |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 1 (100) | - | - |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 1 (100) | - | - |
| No instructions given | 4 (5%) | - | - | - |
| CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS | N = 83 |
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| Take medication | 63 (76%) | 51/63 (81%) | 12/63 (19%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 159.6 (22.9) | 165.8 (19.9) | 0.3888 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 98.5 (14.3) | 97.9 (9.2) | 0.8881 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 28 (55) | 8 (67) | 0.4587 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 37 (73) | 9 (75) | >0.999 |
| Do not take medication | 8 (10%) Missing: 4 | 4/4 (100%) | 0 |
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| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 153.8 (18.9) | - | - |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 95 (7.1) | - | - |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 1 (25) | - | - |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 3 (75) | - | - |
| No instructions given | 12 (15%) | - | - | - |
| DIURETICS | N = 86 |
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| Take medication | 23 (27%) | 18/23 (78%) | 5/23 (22%) | - |
| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 162.8 (24.1) | 168.8 (26.6) | 0.6636 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 100 (10.3) | 102.5 (20.6) | 0.7191 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 10 (56) | 3 (75) | 0.6161 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 14 (78) | 3 (75) | >0.999 |
| Do not take medication | 28 (33%) Missing: 6 | 17/22 (77%) | 5/22 (23%) |
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| Mean (SD) highest BP (mmHg) |
| 165 (20.6) | 164 (8.2) | 0.9178 |
| Mean (SD) lowest BP (mmHg) |
| 100.3 (11.2) | 103 (2.7) | 0.6054 |
| BP ≥ 160 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 12 (71) | 3 (60) | >0.999 |
| BP ≤ 100 mmHg—no. (%) |
| 11 (65) | 2 (40) | 0.6090 |
| No instructions given | 35 (41%) | - | - | - |