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Table 1 Characteristics of participants by study (age- and sex-standardised to 2013 European Standard Population)

From: Uncontrolled and apparent treatment resistant hypertension: a cross-sectional study of Russian and Norwegian 40–69 year olds

Characteristic

Level

KYH

Tromsø 7

N

%

N

%

Study total

Total

1584

100

2792

100

Age group

40–44 yr

80

5.1

151

5.4

45–49 yr

125

7.9

273

9.8

50–54 yr

198

12.5

334

12.0

55–59 yr

296

18.7

502

18.0

60–64 yr

405

25.6

720

25.8

65–69 yr

480

30.3

812

29.1

Gender

Male

598

38.0

1454

50.8

Female

986

62.0

1338

49.2

Education

Elementary

245

12.9

744

21.7

Lower intermediate

204

12.1

891

33.5

Higher intermediate

652

42.4

524

20.5

Graduate

483

32.5

611

24.4

Economic activity

Paid work

248

34.5

1668

71.5

Looking after home

152

7.1

16

0.4

Unemployed

24

2.8

15

0.7

Retired

1145

53.9

551

10.0

Other

15

1.6

504

17.3

Financial constraints

Constrained

365

22.0

N/A

N/A

Intermediary

800

50.2

N/A

N/A

Rel. unconstrained

398

27.8

N/A

N/A

Single

No

1039

67.4

2064

77.8

Yes

545

32.6

595

22.2

Smoking

No

1262

74.4

2394

87.0

Yes

320

25.6

356

13.0

Alcohol use disorder

Non-drinker past year

1145

67.6

1398

52.3

Low (AUDIT< 8)

284

20.8

865

33.9

High (AUDIT 8+)

150

11.5

322

13.8

Body Mass Index

Under/Normal (< 25)

226

15.7

498

17.3

Overweight (25–29)

572

34.3

1167

39.0

Obese (30–34)

489

29.8

765

28.5

Very obese (35+)

293

20.1

344

15.2

Diabetic

No

1182

79.7

2366

84.9

Yes

402

20.3

426

15.1

SCORE 10-year CVD risk%

Low (< 1%)

232

33.8

466

34.7

Intermediate (1–4.9%)

755

44.5

1325

45.6

High (5 + %)

564

21.7

949

19.7

Seen GP past year

No

301

19.1

192

7.1

Yes

1283

80.9

2589

92.9

CKD

No

1516

96.7

2694

97.2

Yes

68

3.3

98

2.8

CVD history

No

910

65.9

2100

79.5

Yes

674

34.1

692

20.5