ABC | Volume 115, Nº2, August 2020

Original Article Jardim et al. Real-world team-based care for HTN Arq Bras Cardiol. 2020; 115(2):174-181 injuries and falls. Similarly, psychologists and musical therapists acted mainly in the waiting room, providing instructions and interventions aimed at stress reduction and improve the waiting time. Statistical analysis Statistical analysis was performed using the software STATA V14 (StataCorp., College Station, Texas, USA). The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was used and determined that the continuous variables were normally distributed. Continuous variables are presented as mean and standard deviation. Categorical variables are presented as n and %. Unpaired T-test was used to compare continuous variables and the chi-square test to compare categorical ones. A logistic regression model was built to identify variables independently associated to blood pressure control. Diabetes, age ≥ 60 years, female sex, alcohol consumption, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, pharmacological treatment, BMI (kg/m 2 ) and total follow-up time (years) were used as predictors in the model. The significance level adopted was p < 0.05. Results A total of 1,548 patients were included, accounting for more than 90% of all patients attending the center (153 were not included due to missing data on the first or last visits). Mean follow-up time was 7.6 (±7.1) years. Most patients were female (73.6%; n=1,139) and the mean age was 61.8 (±12.8) years. Women were more likely to be obese and sedentary, while less likely to consume alcohol and smoke when compared to men. Additionally, lower BP values were found in females when compared to males. Characteristics of the study population, stratified by sex, are presented in Table 1. Table 1 – Characteristics of the study population stratified by sex (n=1,548), Goiânia, Brazil Factor Overall Male Female p-value * N 1,548 (100%) 409 (26.4%) 1,139 (73.6%) Age (years) 61.8 (±12.8) 62.0 (±13.8) 61.8 (±12.4) 0.750 Total follow-up time (years) 7.6 (±7.1) 7.1 (±6.7) 7.8 (±7.2) 0.070 Height (m) 1.58 (±0.09) 1.67 (±0.08) 1.55 (±0.07) <0.001 Weight (kg) 73.8 (±16.5) 79.2 (±16.5) 71.9 (±16.1) <0.001 Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) 29.3 (±5.9) 28.3 (±5.3) 29.7 (±6.0) <0.001 Nutritional status Non-overweight 350 (22.6%) 105 (25.7%) 245 (21.5%) 0.084 Overweight 571 (36.9%) 174 (42.5%) 397 (34.9%) 0.006 Obese 627 (40.5%) 130 (31.8%) 497 (43.6%) <0.001 First systolic BP (mmHg) 146.3 (±24.0) 148.5 (±24.6) 145.5 (±23.8) 0.030 First diastolic BP (mmHg) 85.5 (±16.0) 87.2 (±15.6) 84.9 (±16.1) 0.014 Second systolic BP (mmHg) 144.5 (±23.1) 146.8 (±23.1) 143.7 (±23.0) 0.018 Second diastolic BP (mmHg) 83.3 (±13.1) 85.0 (±12.9) 82.7 (±13.1) 0.003 Third systolic BP (mmHg) 144.3 (±18.2) 145.1 (±18.4) 144.0 (±18.1) 0.320 Third diastolic BP (mmHg) 83.2 (±10.2) 84.4 (±10.4) 82.8 (±10.1) 0.009 Mean systolic BP (mmHg) † 144.4 (±19.1) 145.9 (±19.4) 143.8 (±18.9) 0.057 Mean diastolic BP (mmHg) † 83.3 (±10.6) 84.7 (±10.7) 82.8 (±10.6) 0.002 Diabetes 412 (26.6%) 113 (27.6%) 299 (26.3%) 0.590 Alcohol consumption 206 (13.3%) 108 (26.4%) 98 (8.6%) <0.001 Smoking 177 (11.4%) 73 (17.8%) 104 (9.1%) <0.001 Physical activity Sedentary 737 (47.6%) 172 (42.1%) 565 (49.6%) 0.009 Irregular 231 (14.9%) 70 (17.1%) 161 (14.1%) 0.150 Regular 580 (37.5%) 167 (40.8%) 413 (36.3%) 0.100 Pharmacological treatment 1,513 (97.7%) 399 (97.6%) 1,114 (97.8%) 0.770 Number of anti- hypertensive drugs 2.1 (± 0.8) 2.8 (± 0.7) 1.7 (± 0.8) 0.369 Values given in means (±SD) or n (%). * unpaired t-test to compare continuous variables and chi-square test for comparison of categorical variables; statistically significant at α<0.05. † mean value of second and third readings . 176