Hypertension Subtypes among Thai Hypertensives: An Analysis of Telehealth-Assisted Instrument in Home Blood Pressure Monitoring Nationwide Pilot Project
Table 6
Prevalence of hypertension (HT) subtypes and BP control patterns further classified according to the hospital regions of Thailand.
North
Northeast
East
Central
South
value
Nonmedicated patient (n = 144)
7 (100%)
12 (100%)
80 (100%)
34 (100%)
11 (100%)
0.056
Normotension
2 (28.5%)
2 (16.7%)
6 (7.5%)
3 (8.8%)
1 (9.1%)
White-coat HT
1 (14.3%)
4 (33.3%)
23 (28.8%)
7 (20.6%)
2 (18.2%)
Masked HT
0
1 (8.4%)
5 (6.2%)
1 (2.9%)
3 (27.3%)
Sustained HT
4 (57.1%)
5 (41.6%)
46 (57.5%)
23 (67.7%)
5 (45.4%)
Treated patient (n = 1,040)
240 (100%)
264 (100%)
150 (100%)
218 (100%)
168 (100%)
0.197
Well-controlled HT
82 (34.2%)
90 (34.1%)
32 (21.3%)
57 (26.1%)
51 (30.4%)
HT with white-coat effect
49 (20.4%)
61 (23.1%)
38 (25.3%)
59 (27.1%)
35 (20.8%)
Masked uncontrolled HT
25 (10.4%)
22 (8.3%)
15 (10.1%)
25 (11.5%)
13 (7.7%)
Sustained HT
84 (35.0%)
91 (34.5%)
65 (43.3%)
77 (35.3%)
69 (41.1%)
Controlled HBPa
131 (54.6%)
151 (57.2%)
70 (46.7%)
116 (53.2%)
86 (51.2%)
0.317
Uncontrolled HBPb
109 (45.4%)
113 (42.8%)
80 (53.3%)
102 (46.8%)
82 (48.8%)
Values are number. The values reflect the comparison between 5 regions. aControlled HBP included well-controlled HT and HT with white-coat effect. bUncontrolled HBP included masked uncontrolled HT and sustained HT in treated patients.
