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Table 3 Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension by age and body mass index in interventional and reference areas: IHHP, 2001-2007

From: The impact of a 6-year comprehensive community trial on the awareness, treatment and control rates of hypertension in Iran: experiences from the Isfahan healthy heart program

 

Percentage (%)

Age and BMI

Interventional area

Reference area

 

2001

N = 12514

2007

N = 9572

P-value

2001

N = 12514

2007

N = 9572

P-value

Awareness

Age, y

 

19-39

47(18.0)

43(24.4)

0.10

26(13.1)

39(20.9)

0.043

40-59

206(37.9)

183(48.8)

0.001

183(39.8)

140(41.7)

0.59

≥60

258(56.2)

215(64.4)

0.021

248(56.5)

265(62.1)

0.095

BMI, kg/m2

 

<25

93(29.2)

76(41.1)

0.007

146(38.3)

138(43.0)

0.209

25-29.9

216(40.8)

192(49.2)

0.011

180(41.8)

191(47.9)

0.077

≥30

192(48.6)

163(56.2)

0.049

130(45.9)

111(49.8)

0.39

Treatment

Age, y

 

19-39

33(12.7)

29(16.6)

0.26

19(9.6)

34(18.2)

0.015

40-59

173(31.8)

154(42.0)

0.002

151(32.9)

115(34.3)

0.67

≥60

235(51.3)

200(60.2)

0.013

218(49.7)

229(54.3)

0.18

BMI, kg/m2

 

<25

87(27.4)

70(37.8)

0.014

125(32.9)

118(36.9)

0.27

25-29.9

188(35.6)

161(42.1)

0.045

148(34.3)

160(40.4)

0.071

≥30

156(39.5)

142(49.5)

0.009

114(40.3)

96(43.4)

0.48

Control (all treated)

Age, y

 

19-39

13(5.0)

16(9.1)

0.089

11(5.6)

21(11.2)

0.044

40-59

30(5.5)

56(15.3)

<0.001

42(9.2)

44(13.1)

0.078

≥60

46(10.0)

66(19.9)

<0.001

54(12.3)

67(15.9)

0.13

BMI, kg/m2

 

<25

20(6.3)

24(13.0)

0.011

41(10.8)

47(14.7)

0.12

25-29.9

43(8.1)

63(16.5)

<0.001

42(9.8)

54(13.6)

0.083

≥30

24(6.1)

46(16.0)

<0.001

24(8.5)

31(14.0)

0.048