Research Article
Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and Related Factors of Hypertension among Tajik Nomads Living in Pamirs at High Altitude
Table 3
Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the study population.
| | Awareness (n = 102) (%) (95% CI) | Treatment (n = 79) (%) (95% CI) | Control (n = 18) (%) (95% CI) | Control in the treated (n = 18) (%) (95% CI) |
| Sex | Men | 50.6 (39.8–61.2) | 41.3 (30.8–51.9) | 9.2 (3.0–15.4) | 22.3 (13.7–31.0) | Women | 54.7 (45.1–64.3) | 40.5 (31.1–50.1) | 9.4 (3.8–15.1) | 23.2 (9.5–37.2) | value | 0.664 | 0.909 | 0.995 | 0.913 | Age | 18–44 | 35.4 (25.7–45.2) | 29.2 (19.9–38.4) | 6.2 (1.3–11.1) | 21.2 (9.5–32.8) | 45–59 | 64.4 (51.8–76.9) | 54.2 (41.1–67.3) | 10.2 (2.2–18.1) | 18.8 (5.2–32.4) | ≥60 | 78.9 (65.4–92.5) | 50.0 (33.3–66.7) | 15.8 (3.6–27.9) | 31.6 (22.6–40.5) | value | <0.001 | 0.004 | 0.223 | 0.560 | Education attainment status | Primary and lower | 56.4 (48.7–64.1) | 41.7 (33.9–49.8) | 10.7 (5.8–15.6) | 25.6 (14.3–36.8) | Junior high | 39.4 (21.7–56.1) | 33.3 (16.2–50.6) | 5.9 (2.5–9.3) | 17.7 (8.4–27.1) | Senior high and higher | 50.0 (20.0–79.9) | 50.0 (38.2–61.7) | 6.2 (1.5–10.9) | 12.4 (2.9–21.8) | value | 0.214 | 0.520 | 0.314 | 0.271 | Family income per member | Low | 51.8 (41.9–60.8) | 36.9 (27.8–46.1) | 6.6 (1.3–11.9) | 17.9 (7.6–28.1) | High | 56.5 (40.4–70.6) | 44.3 (29.3–59.5) | 11.1 (1.5–20.5) | 25.1(13.2–37.1) | value | 0.724 | 0.469 | 0.778 | 0.879 | Marital status | Single | 25.0 (3.7–46.3) | 21.0 (3.4–38.7) | — | — | Married | 51.9 (43.6–59.3) | 42.1 (34.1–50.0) | 9.2 (2.6–15.5) | 21.8 (11.9–31.6) | Divorced | 68.9 (51.0–86.8) | 41.3 (22.3–60.4) | 10.0 (2.9–17.1) | 24.2 (4.2–44.1) | value | 0.033 | 0.509 | 0.516 | 0.627 | Body mass index | <23.9 kg/m2 | 48.0 (33.6–62.3) | 32.0 (18.6–45.4) | 12.0 (2.6–21.3) | 37.5 (24.5–50.6) | ≥24.0 kg/m2 | 54.5 (46.3–62.8) | 44.1 (35.8–52.3) | 8.4 (3.7–12.9) | 19.0 (4.4–33.6) | value | 0.511 | 0.181 | 0.572 | 0.179 | Overall | 52.8 (45.7–59.9) | 40.9 (33.9–47.9) | 9.3 (5.2–13.6) | 22.7 (15.1–30.3) |
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Control is defined as BP <140/90 mmHg; CI, confidence intervals.
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