Overcoming Barriers in the Management of Hypertension: The Experience of the Cardiovascular Health Program in Chilean Primary Health Care Centers

Table 4

Cardiovascular risk factors: comparison between hypertensive diabetic and nondiabetic patients.

Risk factors	Hypertensive nondiabetic; 𝑛=882	Hypertensive diabetic; 𝑛=312	OR (IC 95%); 𝑛=1,194
Average age (years)	62.9 ± 14.0	64.0 ± 12.2	—
	Percentage % (CI 95%)
Blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg	38.0 (34.7–41.2)	46.8 (41.3–52.3)*	1.41 (1.08–1.84)
Blood pressure ≥ 130/80 mmHg	75.1 (72.2–77.9)	78.5 (73.9–83.0)*	1.19 (0.87–1.62)
Total cholesterol 200–239 mg/dL	36.5 (33.1–39.8)	32.6 (27.1–38.0)*	0.84 (0.63–1.12)
Total cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL	23.9 (21.0–26.9)	20.7 (15.9–25.4)*	0.83 (0.60–1.17)
HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dL	19.3 (16.5–22.0)	32.4 (26.6–37.5)*	2.03 (1.45–2.85)
Overweight (BMI 25.0– 29.0 Kg/m^2)	40.7 (37.5–43.9)	35.3 (30.0–40.6)*	0.78 (0.59–1.01)
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m^2)	39.5 (36.3–42.7)	51.9 (46.3–57.4)*	1.79 (1.37–2.38)
Low education (<8 years)^†	39.3 (35.1–43.5)	44.5 (37.8–51.2)*	1.34 (1.32–1.38)
Smoking^††	18.3 (15.7–20.8)	16.1 (12.0–20.2)*	1.51 (1.47–1.55)

OR refers to odds ratio adjusted by age and gender; the reference group is hypertensive nondiabetic; ^†the category for nonresponse (38%) is included in multivariate analyses; ^††OR estimated for the category of daily smoker, including the category for nonresponse in multivariate analyses; *𝑃<0.01 for comparison with nondiabetic hypertensive patients.