Prevalence, awareness, medication, control, and risk factors associated with hypertension in Yi ethnic group aged 50 years and over in rural China: the Yunnan minority eye study

Table 4 Percentage (%) of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension by socio-demographics and those with and without risk factors

Variables	Hypertension	Awareness	Treatment	Control
Variables	(n = 2208)	(n = 850)^a	(n = 850)^b	(n = 234)^c
Age groups (yrs): 50–59 (reference)	32.8	30.1	32.4	20.0
60-69	38.2*	25.2	28.1*	27.3
70-79	43.1*	21.4	26.2*	29.2
80-	47.4*	19.2	15.1*	36.4
Gender: Men (reference)	37.7	26.0	24.8	29.0
Women	39.1	24.0	22.1	22.3
Education level: No school (reference)	42.8	19.1	24.2	22.9
Primary school	36.4*	29.9*	28.0*	34.1
Junior high school	34.0*	31.2*	32.1*	25.7
Senior high school	31.2*	36.1*	38.6*	25.0
Junior college and above	25.5*	53.8*	38.5*	40.0
Body weight: normal (reference)	39.5	25.0	27.6	22.2
Leanness	31.4*	14.9*	21.4*	32.6
Overweight	54.3*	41.1*	37.9*	30.6
Obesity	65.5*	52.6*	42.1*	37.5
Cigarette smoking: no (reference)	35.4	21.6	26.6	26.3
Smoking	44.0*	29.4*	28.9	25.7
Alcohol consumption: no (reference)	34.9	21.3	26.4	23.2
Yes	45.7*	30.2*	29.3	28.1
Family history of HBP: no (reference)	35.0	23.2	27.1	24.4
Yes	70.4*	32.2*	29.6	26.5

^aAmong participants with hypertension, ^bAmong participants aware of their hypertension diagnosis, ^cAmong participants taking medications for their hypertension. *P < 0.01 in cigarette smoking group, alcohol consumption group, P < 0.05 in age group, education level group, Family history of HBP group (compared with the reference by Chi-square test).

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