Effects of Simplified Antihypertensive Treatment Algorithm on Hypertension Management and Hypertension-Related Death in Resource-Constricted Primary Care Setting between 1997 and 2017
Table 1
Characteristics of study population by years of the surveys.
1998–2000 (n = 1551)
2007-2008 (n = 2331)
2015 (n = 2262)
X2/F/ value
Gender (women, n, %)
933 (60.1)
1390 (59.7)
1220 (53.9)
20.62/<0.001
Age (years)
47.5 ± 11.5
48.1 ± 10.8
50.6 ± 13.3bc
39.71/<0.001
Age group (n, %) 30–39
419 (27.0)
566 (24.3)
534 (23.6)
98.83/<0.001
40–49
518 (33.4)
785 (33.7)
646 (28.6)
50–59
348 (22.4)
604 (25.9)
481 (21.3)
≥60
266 (17.2)
376 (16.1)
601 (26.6)
Ethnicity (n, %) Kazakh
1041 (67.1)
1311 (56.2)
507 (22.4)
1142.24/<0.001
Han
103 (6.6)
482 (20.7)
1102 (48.7)
Mongolian
407 (26.3)
538 (23.1)
653 (28.9)
BMI (kg/m2)
25.1 ± 4.2ab
26.6 ± 4.3c
26.1 ± 4.3
53.56/<0.001
BMI ≥24 kg/m2 (n, %)
911 (22.1)
1658 (40.2)
1552 (37.7)
68.59/<0.001
Education (n,%) ≤primary
861 (55.5)
1007 (43.2)
1361 (60.2)
266.96/<0.001
Junior high
381 (24.6)
596 (25.6)
626 (27.7)
≥Senior high
309 (19.9)
728 (31.2)
275 (12.2)
Cigarette consumption (n, %)
396 (25.5)
318 (13.6)
409 (18.1)
644.08/<0.001
Alcohol intake (n, %)
353 (22.8)
358 (15.4)
477 (21.1)
672.60/<0.001
Presence of hypertension
877 (56.5)
1133 (48.6)
662 (29.3)
310.33/<0.001
BMI: body mass index. 1998–2000: Hefeng and Fuhai; 2007-2008: Fukang and Hefeng; 2015: Hefeng, Fuhai, and Fukang. a1998–2000 vs. 2007-2008, b1998–2000 vs. 2015, and c2007-2008 vs. 2015.
