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However, there were no measurable improvements in the proportion of patients risk assessed (–1.7% improvement; 95% confidence interval [CI], –7.0 to 10.3; P =.68) or provided appropriate mechanical prophylaxis (−0.3% improvement; 95% CI, −13.4 to 14; P =.96).
Moreover, the ASEAN-5 has all experienced steady improvements in the proportion of adults who are literate: At present their average literacy rate is above 95%, with the highest Thailand having a literacy rate that exceeds China's.
At 24 months, improvements in the proportion of patients with BP control relative to the usual care group were 4.3%9595% CI, -4.5% to 12.9%) in the behavioral intervention group, 7.6% (CI, -1.9% to 17.0%) in the home BP monitoring group, and 11.0% (CI, 1.9%, 19.8%) in the combined intervention group.
All groups experienced improvements in the proportion of participants with CVD risk factors.
However, there were improvements in the proportion referred to respiratory clinics in later years.
All groups experienced significant improvements in the proportion of participants with CVD risk factors after the intervention.
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One of these aforementioned studies showed improved blood pressure in high-risk patients, but no improvement in the proportion of patients at high risk, perhaps due to the high proportion of participants with baseline risks significantly exceeding the risk threshold.
The national A-level results showed little change on the previous year, with a 0.1 point decline in the proportion awarded A*-A to 26.4%, and a slight improvement in the proportion achieving A*-E to 98.8%.
The results of this year's national curriculum tests – known as Sats – show a four percentage point improvement in the proportion of 11-year-olds gaining at least a level 4 – the standard expected of the age group, in the basics.
While disadvantaged pupils showed an improvement in the proportion gaining a grade 5 – previously a C – in the compulsory subjects of English and maths, others made more rapid progress, causing the gap to widen.
Exam board officials attributed the improvement in the proportion gaining an A* to it becoming a "key grade for the highest-performing students" looking to get into top universities, with both teachers and pupils making deliberate efforts to reach it, helped by the end to exams being taken in January, allowing more teaching time.
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