The Prevalence and Awareness of Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors among the Lebanese Population: A Prospective Study Comparing Urban to Rural Populations

Table 5

Counseling and monitoring parameters at baseline.

Parameter	Urban	Rural	Total	value
	% ()	% ()	% ()
Pharmacist counseling	52.0 (171)	42.3 (281)	45.5 (452)	0.004
Blood pressure monitoring by a healthcare provider				0.0001
Never	10.7 (35)	15.6 (103)	14.0 (138)
With every visit to health	57.3 (188)	39.8 (262)	45.6 (450)
Care provider
At least once/year	17.4 (57)	25.9 (171)	23.1 (228)
At least once/2 years	14.6 (48)	18.7 (123)	17.3 (171)
Self-monitoring of BP	23.7 (76)	15.9 (100)	18.5 (176)	0.004
BG monitoring				0.004
None	9.3 (25)	8.8 (45)	9.0 (70)
Once/3 years	20.5 (55)	28.3 (145)	25.6 (200)
Once/year	43.7 (117)	31.3 (160)	35.5 (277)
>1/year	26.5 (71)	31.6 (162)	29.9 (233)
Lipid profile monitoring				0.014
None	24.3 (70)	30.6 (159)	28.4 (229)
Every 4–6 months	9.0 (26)	8.5 (44)	8.7 (70)
Every 1-2 years	50.0 (144)	38.9 (202)	42.9 (346)
Every 5 years	16.7 (48)	22.0 (114)	20.1 (162)

BG: blood glucose; BP: blood pressure; : number.