Hypertension in Jordan: Prevalence, Awareness, Control, and Its Associated Factors

Table 3

The prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among women in Jordan according to participants' characteristics.

	Hypertension			Awareness of hypertension			Control of hypertension
	n	%	p-value	n	%	p-value	n	%	p-value
Age (year)			<0.001			<0.001			.004
<50	292	15.0		131	44.9		84	28.8
≥50	510	58.0		370	72.5		198	38.8
Marital status						.000			.001
Single	53	11.6		11	20.8		7	13.2
Married	750	31.5		491	65.5		275	36.7
Smoking status			.160			.001			.003
None smoker	725	27.9		438	60.4		241	33.2
Past smoker	17	37.0		14	82.4		8	47.1
Current smoker	61	32.6		50	82.0		33	54.1
Region			0.431			.794			.532
North	256	28.0		156	60.9		87	34.0
Middle	352	27.2		224	63.6		120	34.1
South	195	31.1		122	62.6		75	38.5
Family history of hypertension			<0.001			<0.001			.005
Yes	567	33.0		387	68.3		217	38.3
No	234	21.4		115	49.1		65	27.8
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)			<0.001			.160			.335
Normal	48	7.5		24	50.0		12	25.0
Overweight	163	19.9		106	65.0		58	35.6
Obesity	578	42.7		363	62.8		205	35.5
Wasit circumference			<0.001			.005			.058
Normal	35	5.6		14	40.0		7	20.0
Increased	763	34.7		484	63.4		272	35.6
Triglycerides level			<0.001			.000			.940
Normal	365	20.3		204	55.9		118	32.3
High	438	42.4		298	68.0		164	37.4
HDL			<0.001			.079			.393
Normal	240	20.3		139	57.9		79	32.9
Low	563	34.1		363	64.5		203	36.1
Diabetes			<0.001			<0.001
No	302	17.0		147	48.7				.032
Yes	501	47.1		355	70.9		92	30.5