Clinical Study
Hypertension Control and Cardiometabolic Risk: A Regional Perspective
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
| | Total
() | Northern Europe
() | Southern Europe
() | North America
() | Middle East
() | Asia
() |
| | Age | 63.1 | 64.9 | 62.5 | 65.7 | 57.1 | 60.5 | | Gender (male, %) | 52.8 | 53.0 | 52.9 | 56.3 | 61.0 | 48.5 | | BMI (kg/m²) | 28.9 | 29.7 | 29.2 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 25.9 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 99.7 | 102.5 | 100.9 | 102.6 | 102.5 | 89.5 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 148.9 | 151.5 | 148.6 | 144.3 | 156.6 | 145.1 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 87.0 | 87.7 | 87.7 | 81.4 | 92.0 | 85.6 | | Uncontrolled blood pressure (%)* | 76.3 | 82.1 | 75.6 | 64.9 | 87.9 | 69.5 | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 29.1 | 33.9 | 27.4 | 30.9 | 33.8 | 21.7 | | HbA1c (%) | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | | LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.8 | | Hyperlipidemia (%) | 49.0 | 53.0 | 43.3 | 64.4 | 56.1 | 46.1 | | Smoking (current/past; %) | 38.8 | 36.4 | 41.8 | 55.7 | 44.9 | 28.5 | | Family history of MI (%) | 28.6 | 22.0 | 29.6 | 40.0 | 25.5 | 36.3 | | Microalbuminuria (%) | 58.6 | 54.3 | 59.6 | 53.8 | 71.6 | 64.7 | | CRP (mg/dL) | 0.92 | 1.02 | 0.91 | 0.54 | 0.91 | 0.49 | | Coronary artery disease (%) | 25.1 | 21.5 | 23.7 | 40.5 | 30.4 | 26.4 | | Congestive heart failure (%) | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 6.0 | | Atrial fibrillation (%) | 9.3 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | | Myocardial infarction (%) | 31.6 | 24.4 | 34.1 | 41.7 | 27.9 | 37.1 | | Ischemic stroke (%) | 5.1 | 24.7 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 14.6 | | Peripheral artery disease (%) | 4.6 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 0.5 | | Betablockers (%) | 48.7 | 59.7 | 40.2 | 44.8 | 52.5 | 48.1 | | Calcium Antagonists (%) | 36.0 | 30.3 | 31.9 | 43.4 | 36.7 | 53.6 | | ACE-Inhibitors (%) | 42.3 | 45.8 | 42.8 | 49.5 | 31.9 | 32.1 | | AT1-Rezeptorantagonists (%) | 35.8 | 30.1 | 41.3 | 31.1 | 47.9 | 34.4 | | Diuretics (%) | 9.9 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 8.0 | 10.7 | 7.4 |
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*Uncontrolled blood pressure was defined as SBP/DBP ≥140/90 in non-diabetic and ≥130/80 in diabetic patients.
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