Trends of Prevalence of Uncontrolled Risk Factors for Cerebrocardiovascular Disease: Southern Italy from 1988/9 to 2008/9

Table 2

Prevalence of uncontrolled major risk factors from 1988/9 to 2008/9. Standardized data for the European population: women.

Risk conditions	Group 1; 1988-89; ()	Group 2; 1998-99; ()	Group 3; 2008-09; ()		1 versus 3	1 versus 2	2 versus 3
Hypercholesterolemia
Uncontrolled high cholesterol	19.9%	18.2%	18.1%	NS
Hypercholesterolemic	19.9%	18.9%	25.8%	0.000	<0.05	NS	<0.05
Hypercholesterolemic treated	—	7.9%	39.1%
Treated at target	—	46.7%	80.2%
Hypercholesterolemic at target	—	3.7%	37%
Hyperglycaemia
Uncontrolled high glycaemia	4.5%	10%	8.6%	0.002	<0.05	<0.05	NS
Diabetics	8%	10.3%	9.3%	NS
Treated diabetics	35.2%	36%	61.3%
Treated at target	8.3%	8.1%	12.3%
Diabetics at target	3%	2.9%	7.5%
Smokers
Current smokers	18.1%	22.7%	23%	NS
Ex-smokers	6.9%	8.3%	10.6%	NS
Nonsmokers	75%	69%	66.4%	0.005	<0.05	<0.05	NS
Hypertension
Hypertensives	51%	48.5%	34.1%	0.000	<0.05	NS	<0.05
Uncontrolled high blood pressure	49.1%	46.2%	25.9%	0.000	<0.05	NS	<0.05
Treated hypertensives	6.8%	37.5%	39.3%
Effectively treated	13%	12.6%	61.2%
Hypertensive at target	5.2%	4.7%	24%

Uncontrolled high cholesterol: patients with cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL, treated and not treated.
Hypercholesterolemic subjects: uncontrolled high cholesterol + subjects on cholesterol-lowering therapy.
Hypercholesterolemic subjects treated: hypercholesterolemic treated/hypercholesterolemic subjects.
Patients at the target: treated target (cholesterol < 240 mg/dL)/patients treated.
Hypercholesterolemic at the target: hypercholesterolemic at the target/hypercholesterolemic.
Uncontrolled high glycaemia: glycaemia ≥ 126 mg/dL, treated and not treated.
Diabetic patients: uncontrolled high glycaemia + patients treated with hypoglycaemic drugs.
Diabetic treated: treated/diabetic subjects.
Diabetic treated to target: treated target (glycaemia < 126 mg/dL)/diabetics treated.
Diabetic at target: diabetic target/diabetics.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure: SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg, treated and not treated.
Hypertensive patients: uncontrolled high blood pressure + subjects in antihypertensive therapy.
Hypertensive therapy effective: subjects treated with target values/subjects treated.
Effectively treated: treated target/subjects treated.
Hypertensive at target: treated hypertensives with target values/hypertensives.