Research Article
Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control, and Associated Factors: Results from a National Survey, Jordan
Table 1
Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control by sociodemographic and health variables of the 2009 survey (
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| | Variables | N (%) | Prevalence, n (%) | Awareness, n (%) | Treatment, n (%) | Control, n (%) |
| | Overall | 4117 | 1329 (32.3) | 746 (56.1) | 472 (63.3) | 187 (39.6) | | Age | | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | | 25–34 | 964 (23.4) | 95 (9.9) | 31 (32.6) | 12 (38.7) | 8 (68.8) | | 35–49 | 1899 (46.1) | 460 (24.2) | 208 (45.2) | 118 (57.2) | 57 (47.5) | | 50–64 | 962 (23.4) | 563 (58.5) | 358 (63.6) | 241 (67.3) | 91 (38.2) | | 65+ | 292 (7.1) | 211 (72.3) | 149 (70.6) | 101 (76.8) | 31 (30.1) | | Sex | | .01 | .52 | .01 | .27 | | Men | 1045 (25.4) | 371 (35.5) | 203 (54.7) | 136 (67) | 58 (42.9) | | Women | 3072 (74.6) | 958 (31.2) | 543 (56.7) | 336 (61.9) | 129 (38.2) | | Education | | .00 | .02 | .78 | .01 | | <high school | 1781 (43.6) | 793 (44.5) | 469 (59.1) | 298 (63.5) | 109 (36.6) | | High school | 991 (24.2) | 249 (25.1) | 125 (50.2) | 77 (61.6) | 30 (38.5) | | >high school | 1315 (32.2) | 270 (20.5) | 142 (52.6) | 90 (63.4) | 48 (52.9) | | Marital status | | .00 | .00 | .29 | .00 | | Single | 351 (8.5) | 54 (15.4) | 17 (31.5) | 10 (58.8) | 8 (84.6) | | Married | 3766 (91.5) | 1275 (33.9) | 729 (57.2) | 462 (63.4) | 179 (38.6) | | Income (US$)** | | .00 | .25 | .28 | .00 | | <500 | 1848 (45.5) | 704 (38.1) | 409 (58.1) | 253 (61.9) | 81 (32.2) | | 500–850 | 1659 (40.8) | 467 (28.1) | 254 (54.4) | 165 (65) | 79 (48.0) | | >850 | 558 (13.7) | 143 (25.6) | 74 (51.7) | 48 (64.9) | 24 (50.8) | | Current smoking | | .00 | .08 | .05 | .04 | | No | 3457 (84.0) | 1159 (33.5) | 640 (55.2) | 410 (64.1) | 156 (38.0) | | Yes | 660 (16.0) | 170 (25.8) | 106 (62.4) | 62 (58.5) | 31 (50.0) | | BMI, kg/m2 | | .00 | .01 | .38 | .1 | | <25 | 808 (19.6) | 92 (11.4) | 39 (42.4) | 24 (61.5) | 11 (43.8) | | 25–29 | 1453 (35.3) | 369 (25.4) | 199 (53.9) | 122 (61.3) | 56 (46.1) | | 30+ | 1856 (45.1) | 868 (46.8) | 508 (58.5) | 326 (64.2) | 120 (36.8) | | DM | | .00 | .00 | .4 | .35 | | Absent | 3442 (83.6) | 681 (28.1) | 310 (45.5) | 198 (63.9) | 78 (39.3) | | Present | 675 (16.4) | 400 (61.8) | 294 (73.5) | 193 (65.6) | 68 (35.4) | | High cholesterol | | .00 | .96 | .01 | .23 | | Absent | 1887 (45.8) | 505 (26.8) | 283 (56.0) | 170 (60.1) | 72 (42.6) | | Present | 2230 (54.2) | 824 (37.0) | 463 (56.2) | 302 (65.2) | 114 (37.8) |
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*Values on certain variables did not add up to 100% due to missing data.
**Income: monthly income.
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