Research Article

Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Romania: Results of the SEPHAR Study

Table 4

Rate of arterial hypertension treatment and control in SEPHAR study.

TotalMenWomen

n/N%n/N%n/N%

Treated cases of hypertension splitted by age groups

Total352/90638.85%128/42530.11%224/48146.56%
18–240/140%0/90%0/50%
25–342/513.92%0/340%2/1711.76%
35–4420/9920.2%9/5117.64%11/4822.91%
45–5485/22038.63%30/10229.41%55/11846.61%
55–6494/21543.72%24/7731.16%70/13850.72%
65151/30749.18%65/15242.76%86/15555.48%

Treated cases of hypertension splitted by area of residence

Urban202/48441.73%73/22632.3%129/25850%
Rural150/42235.54%55/19927.64%95/22342.6%

Hypertension control for treated patients

Total70/35219.88%27/12821.09%43/22419.19%

Hypertension control for treated patients by area of residence

Urban49/20224.25%19/7326.02%30/12923.25%
Rural21/15014%8/5514.54%13/9513.68%

General control of hypertension

Total70/9067.72%27/4256.35%43/4818.93%

General control of hypertension by area of residence

Urban49/48410.12%19/2268.4%30/25811.62%
Rural21/4224.97%8/1994.02%13/2235.82%