Research Article
Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension among Saudi Adult Population: A National Survey
Table 2
Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control according to some life style characteristics, diabetes, and cholesterol level*.
| Subjects n (%)
Variable (n) | Hypertensives
n (%) | Aware hypertensives
n (%) | On drug treatment
n (%) | Controlled
n (%) |
| | Current smoking | | | | | | Yes (611) | 127 (20.3) | 48 (38.1) | 24 (50.0) | 13 (54.2) | | No (4140) | 1083 (26.2) | 493 (45.7) | 365 (70.0) | 131 (35.9) | |
*
P value | 0.02 | 0.062 | 0.128 | 0.250 |
| | Currently daily smoker | | | | | | Yes (528) | 107 (20.3) | 39 (36.8) | 19 (48.7) | 8 (42.1) | | No (73) | 19 (26.0) | 8 (42.1) | 4 (50.0) | 4 (100) | |
*
P Value | 0.163 | 0.432 | 0.969 | 0.288 |
| | Physical activity level | | | | | | High (764) | 139 (18.2) | 56 (40.3) | 40 (71.4) | 13 (32.5) | | Moderate (771) | 180 (23.3) | 76 (42.5) | 58 (76.3) | 24 (41.4) | | Low (826) | 826 (26.9) | 366 (44.5) | 258 (70.5) | 103 (39.9) | |
*
P Value | <0.001 | 0.607 | 0.918 | <0.001 |
| | Diabetes mellitus | | | | | | Yes (712) | 361 (53.6) | 228 (59.8) | 175 (70.8) | 47 (26.9) | | No (3945 ) | 809 (20.5) | 307 (38.1) | 215 (68.4) | 94 (44.8) | |
*
P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.392 | 0.017 |
| | BMI | | | | | | Normal | 19 (16.0) | 72 (37.9) | 52 (72.2) | 23 (44.2) | | Grade 1 | 385 (26.1) | 160 (41.9) | 129 (80.6) | 44 (34.1) | | Grade 2 | 496 (35.0) | 241 (48.8) | 163 (67.4) | 60 (38.8) | | Grade 3 | 100 (41.8) | 56 (57.1) | 43 (76.8) | 16 (37.2) | |
*
P value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.705 | 0.867 |
| | Cholesterol | | | | | | Elevated | 316 (36.5) | 147 () | 112 (76.2) | 40 (35.7) | | Normal | 846 (23.3) | 374 (44.3) | 270 (72.2) | 100 (37.0) | |
*
P value | <0.001 | 0.258 | 0.717 | 0.868 |
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*P value using Chi squared test.
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