Overcoming Barriers in the Management of Hypertension: The Experience of the Cardiovascular Health Program in Chilean Primary Health Care Centers

Table 1

Age and gender distribution. Comparison of the weighted sample (𝑛=1,194) and the total hypertensive population (𝑛=316,654) followed in the Cardiovascular Health Program (CHP), metropolitan area, Santiago, Chile.

Age (years)	Men					Women
	Sample		Hypertensive population		𝑃-value	Sample		Hypertensive population		𝑃-value
	𝑛	%	𝑁	%		𝑛	%	𝑁	%
20–34	7	1.9	2,102	2.2	0.68	18	2.3	4,793	2.2	0.91
35–44	22	5.7	6,186	6.3	0.61	64	7.7	18,875	8.7	0.29
45–54	63	16.4	14,546	14.9	0.41	147	18.1	41,567	19.2	0.31
55–64	85	22.4	24,465	25.0	0.24	203	25.0	54,626	25.3	0.93
65 or more	204	53.6	50,262	51.4	0.38	381	46.9	96,232	44.5	0.20
Total	381	100	97,561	100		813	100	216,093	100