Research Article
Prevalence, Risk Factors, Awareness, and Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Mafia Island, Tanzania
Table 1
Prevalence, risk factors, awareness, and control of blood pressure.
| | Blood pressure | Normotensive | Hypertensive | value |
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 134 (47.8%) | 146 (52.2%) | 0.210 | | Female | 154 (53.1%) | 134 (46.9%) |
| | Age | | | | | <40 | 150 (73.5%) | 54 (26.5%) | <0.05 | | 40–50 | 78 (50.3%) | 76 (49.3%) | | >50 | 60 (28.3%) | 152 (71.7%) |
| | Educational status | | | | | No formal education | 54 (33.8%) | 106 (66.2%) | <0.05 | | Primary | 162 (53.3%) | 142 (46.7%) | | Secondary | 64 (68.8%) | 29 (31.2%) | | College | 8 (66.7%) | 4 (33.3%) |
| | Family history | | | | | Yes | 88 (44.9%) | 108 (55.1%) | <0.05 | | No | 24 (37.5%) | 40 (62.5%) | | Do not know | 176 (56.8%) | 134 (43.2%) |
| | Awareness | | | | | Yes | 34 (28.8%) | 84 (71.2%) | <0.05 | | No | 22 (64.7%) | 12 (35.3%) | | Do not know | 232 (55.5%) | 186 (44.5%) |
| | BMI | | | | | Underweight | 22 (84.6%) | 4 (15.4%) | <0.05 | | Normal | 152 (59.8%) | 102 (40.2%) | | Overweight | 78 (43.8%) | 100 (56.2%) | | Obese | 36 (34.5%) | 68 (65.4%) | | Morbidly obese | 0 (0%) | 8 (100%) |
| | Smoking | | | | | Yes | 34 (73.9%) | 12 (26.1%) | <0.05 | | No | 254 (48.4%) | 270 (51.5%) |
| | Alcohol | | | | | Yes | 18 (50%) | 18 (50%) | 0.948 | | No | 270 (50.6%) | 264 (49.5%) |
| | Control BP | | | | | Medication | 14 (20.6%) | 54 (79.4%) | 0.21 | | No medication | 20 (40%) | 30 (60%) |
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