Hierarchical Modeling of Patient and Physician Determinants of Blood Pressure Outcomes in Hypertensive Patients with and without Diabetes: Pooled Analysis of Six Observational Valsartan Studies with 15,282 Evaluable Patients

Table 3

SBP and DBP at baseline and 90 days by diabetes status.

	Diabetic				Nondiabetic
	Baseline	90 days	Δ		Baseline	90 days	Δ
Blood pressure (mmHg)
SBP (M ± SD)				<0.001				<0.001
DBP (M ± SD)				<0.001				<0.001
	140/90 mmHg				140/90 mmHg
Blood pressure control (%)
SBP	7.8	51.2	43.4	<0.001	7.9	52.5	44.6	<0.001
DBP	34.6	81.2	46.6	<0.001	29.0	80.6	51.6	<0.001
SBP/DBP	6.3	48.0	41.7	<0.001	6.1	48.8	42.6	<0.001

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP/DBP: combined SBP & DBP; M: mean; SD: standard deviation.