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/m^2	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/m^2	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)

Control is defined as BP <140/90 mmHg; CI, confidence intervals.