Table 5. Percentage of Patients at Target Blood Pressure at First versus Last Office Visit
All ParticipantsPatients With Diabetes
A CARE (n = 378)Control (n = 352)A CARE (n = 106)Control (n = 91)
At target first office BP30.849.411.728.3
At target last office BP48.358.722.338.6
Difference17.5*9.3*10.6†10.3†

  • ↵* Achieving Cardiovascular Excellence in Colorado (A CARE), P < .0001; comparison, P = .0.0072.

  • ↵† ACARE, P = .0381; comparison, P = .0917.

  • Intervention vs comparison group on change in at-target blood pressure (BP): all participants, P = .0782; patients with diabetes, P = .9671.