Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and Uncontrolled in Elderly Population: SABE Study

Table 1

Classification of the older people living in São Paulo in 2010, according to blood pressure measures and diagnosis of hypertension.

	n	Weighted population	Frequency (%) (95% CI)	Mean SBP (SE)	Mean DBP (SE)
Nonhypertensive	235	250.274	20.4 (20.3-20.4)	122.2 (0.7)	74.8 (0.6)
Normotensive	98	100.496	8.2 (8.1-8.2)	112.1 (0.8)	70.2 (0.7)
Prehypertensive	137	149.777	12.2 (12.1-12.2)	129.0 (0.5)	78.0 (0.7)
Hypertensive	998	974.361	79.5 (79.3–79.6)	145.6 (0.7)	81.9 (0.4)
Undiagnosed	110	111.596	9.1 (9.0-9.1)	153.8 (1.3)	87.4 (0.9)
Controlled	443	421.197	34.3 (34.1–34.4)	126.4 (0.5)	74.9 (0.4)
Uncontrolled	445	441.567	36.0 (35.8–36.1)	161.9 (0.9)	87.3 (0.6)

Results presented were weighted to be representative of the older population of São Paulo based on the 2010 Census of Brazil; SBP: systolic blood pressure (mmHg); DBP: diastolic blood pressure (mmHg). SBP and DBP are represented as the mean of the last two measures (standard error).