Figure 2From: Task shifting to non-physician clinicians for integrated management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Cameroon: a programme assessment at two years Change of blood pressure among hypertensive patients. Changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure between the visit where treatment was started (usually the second visit) and the last follow-up visit. Dots are displaying mean values, bars the 95% confidence interval. Groups are according to the WHO grade of hypertension at initiation of therapy. Grade 1 n = 82; grade 2 n = 160; grade 3 n = 196). All changes are significant (p < 0.001).Back to article page