Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertension in Greater Beirut Area, Lebanon

Table 6

The association of demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle, anthropometric, dietary intake, and medical history and laboratory test with the uncontrolled HTN.

Variables			Controlled HTN	Uncontrolled HTN	P-value
N = 103			N = 63 (61.2)	N = 40 (38.8)
Demographics	Age	≤ 30	0(0%)	0 (0%)	0.75
		31-40	2(3.2%)	2 (5.0%)
		41-50	12 (19.0%)	5 (12.5%)
		51-60	25 (39.7%)	16 (40.0%)
		≥ 60	24 (38.1%)	17 (42.5%)
	Gender	Males	14 (22.2%)	15 (37.5%)	0.09
		Females	49 (77.8%)	25 (62.5%)
	Marital status	Married	43 (68.3%)	29 (72.5%)	0.83
		Single	1 (1.6%)	1 (2.5%)
		Others	19 (30.2%)	10 (25.0%)
Socioeconomics	Income	<600 $	33 (61.1%)	20 (55.6%)	0.74
		600-999.9$	15 (27.8%)	11 (30.6%)
		1000-2000$	6 (11.1%)	4 (11.1%)
		>2000$	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.8%)
	Education	No school /Primary	30 (61.2%)	14 (56.0%)	0.37
		Intermediate/Secondary/Technical	18 (36.7%)	10 (40.0%)
		University degree	1 (2.0%)	1 (4.0%)
Lifestyle habits	Cigarette smoking	Never	31 (49.2%)	20 (50.0%)	0.44
		Current	22 (34.9%)	17 (42.5%)
		Ex-smoker	10 (15.9%)	3 (7.5%)
	Narghileh smoking	Never	46 (73.0%)	32 (80.0%)	0.34
		Current	13 (20.6%)	4 (10.0%)
		Ex-smoker	4 (6.3%)	4 (10.0%)
	Coffee drinking	No	6 (9.5%)	7 (17.5%)	0.36
		Yes	57 (90.5 %)	33 (82.5%)
	Alcohol drinking	Never	53 (84.1%)	27 (67.5%)	0.12
		Current	7 (11.1%)	8 (20.0%)
		Ex-drinker	3 (4.8%)	5 (12.5%)
	Physical activity	None	9 (14.3%)	11 (27.5%)	0.13
		Yes	54 (85.7%)	29 (72.5%)
Anthropometric measurements	BMI (Kg/m^2)	Normal	3 (4.8%)	2 (5.0%)	0.33
		Overweight	24 (38.1%)	10 (25.0%)
		Obese	36 (57.1%)	28 (70.0%)
	Waist circumference- abdominal obesity	No	13 (20.6%)	5 (12.5%)	0.42
		Yes	50 (79.4%)	35 (87.5%)
	Waist to hip ratio- abdominal obesity	No	7 (11.1%)	6 (15.0%)	0.76
		Yes	56 (88.9%)	34 (85.0%)
	Body fat	Mean (± sd)	34.6 ± 9.9	37.2 ± 8.4	0.27
Dietary intake	Total energy -Kcal	Mean (± sd)	2795.7 ± 1439.0	2638.4 ± 1307.8	0.58
	Total protein (g/d)	Mean (± sd)	96.6 ± 57.7	87.1 ± 44.2	0.38
	Carbohydrates	Mean (± sd)	348.7 ± 188.8	336.0 ± 221.9	0.75
	Total fat	Mean (± sd)	115.9 ± 68.9	107.3 ± 61.6	0.52
	Saturated fat	Mean (± sd)	27.7 ± 15.5	24.7 ± 13.2	0.32
	from carbs	Mean (± sd)	50.3 ± 9.4	50.5 ± 9.6	0.93
	from proteins	Mean (± sd)	13.7 ± 3.0	13.7 ± 3.4	0.95
	from fat	Mean (± sd)	36.9 ± 9.1	36.7 ± 10.4	0.89
	from saturated fat	Mean (± sd)	8.9 ± 2.4	8.5 ± 2.5	0.42
Medical History	CAD	Cardiac catheter	14 (22.2%)	11 (27.5%)	0.54
		Previous heart attack	6 (9.5%)	6 (15.0%)	0.53
		Family history	20 (31.7%)	14 (35.0%)	0.73
	T2D		27 (42.9%)	18 (45.0%)	0.83
Lab tests	Glucose	Mean (± sd)	131.5 ± 62.6	132.26 ± 62.6	0.13
	HbA1c	Mean (± sd)	6.5 ± 1.6	7.1 ± 2.0	0.13
	CRP	Mean (± sd)	14.1 ± 9.2	17.4 ± 19.0	0.24
	Cholesterol	Mean (± sd)	186.5 ± 42.3	196.1 ± 57.1	0.33
	TG	Mean (± sd)	160.1 ± 78.2	192.4 ± 95.7	0.06
	HDL	Mean (± sd)	47.3 ± 13.0	45.3 ± 11.7	0.43
	LDL	Mean (± sd)	107.3 ± 37.0	112.4 ± 46.6	0.53
	Sodium urine	Mean (± sd)	101.7 ± 48.9	112.2 ± 39.8	0.26
	Potassium urine	Mean (± sd)	74.4 ± 31.2	76.5 ± 35.2	0.74
	GFR	Mean (± sd)	90.1 ± 26.2	83.6 ± 27.9	0.23