International Journal of Hypertension

Research Article

Prevalence, Awareness, and Treatment of Hypertension in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide Multicenter Study in Brazil

Table 1

Demographic data of the studied population.
Variable 
Age, years 21.2 ± 11.7
Gender, female (%) 2,010 (56.0)
Age at diagnosis, years10.0 (<1 to 44)
Age at diagnosis, years (%) 
 0–4.9667 (18.5)
 5–9.9961 (26.8)
 10–14.9 941 (26.2)
 ≥15 1,022 (28.5)
Diabetes duration, years 9.6 ± 8.1
Diabetes duration, years (%) 
 0–4.9672 (18.7)
 5–9.9961 (26.8)
 10–14.9941 (26.2)
 ≥151,017 (28.3)
Level of care, (%) 
 Secondary995 (27.7)
 Tertiary2,596 (72.3)
Geographic region (%) 
 Southeast 1,424 (39.7)
 North/northeast1,113 (31)
 South 820 (22.8)
 Mid-west 234 (6.5)
The data are presented as counts (percentage), means ± SD, or medians (minimum/maximum). *African-Brazilians, Mulattos, Asians, and Native Indians; **Data were available for 3,434 patients.