Prevalence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and Uncontrolled in Elderly Population: SABE Study
Table 2
Life and health characteristics of older people living in São Paulo in 2010, according to blood pressure measurement and diagnosis of hypertension.
General distribution (n = 1224635)
Normotensive
Hypertensive
Total (n = 250274)
BP < 140/90 (n = 100496)
Prehypertensive (n = 149777)
Total (n = 974361)
Diagnosed (n = 862764)
Undiagnosed (n = 111596)
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Sex
Men
39.39
42.36
31.04
49.95
38.62
37.55
46.92
0.352
0.08
Women
60.61
57.64
68.96
50.05
61.38
62.45
53.08
Age
60–69
55.1
64.3
57.4
69.1
52.6
50.8
66.5
0.003
0.005
70–79
29.8
25.13
30.8
21.3
31,0
31.97
23.4
≥80
15.14
10.51
11.9
9.5
16.33
17.15
9.9
Marital status
With partner
55.43
58.25
54.2
60.9
54.7
55.1
25,0
0.1105
0.7775
Single
13.11
16.09
16.2
15.9
12.3
11.3
20.7
Widow/widower
31.46
25.66
29.4
23.1
32.9
33.6
27.2
Skin color
White
58.18
66.91
69.41
65.21
55.95
56.92
48.47
0.005
0.1217
Nonwhite
41.82
33.0
30.5
34.79
44.0
43.08
51.53
Years of schooling
0–3
36.11
26.86
27.2
26.6
38.49
38.17
40.9
0.0002
0.7775
4–7
37.58
35.93
43.2
31.0
38.0
37.96
38.2
≥8
26.31
37.21
29.5
42.3
23.51
23.87
20.7
Self-rated health
Good
50.97
59.54
56.8
61.3
46.34
43.62
67.3
0.0011
<0.001
Bad
49.03
40.46
43.5
38.6
53.66
56.38
32.6
Cognitive impairment
10.12
7.56
8.4
6.9
10.78
11.17
7.8
0.114
0.2774
Depressive symptoms
19.76
16.87
16.8
16.9
20.5
21.5
12.6
0.266
0.038
Caregiver
20.7
14.07
20.5
9.7
22.48
23.17
17.1
0.004
0.1739
Diabetes
25.99
10.98
11.9
10.3
29.85
32.55
8.9
<0.001
<0.001
Coronary disease
23.39
12.4
15.6
10.1
26.22
29.49
1,0
<0.001
<0.001
Cerebrovascular disease
7.11
2.91
3.7
2.3
8.18
9.21
0.3
0.008
<0.001
Metabolic syndrome
50.96
35.02
23.9
42.6
55.07
56.45
44.4
<0.001
0.033
Nutritional status
Underweight
13.12
17.65
21.5
15.0
11.95
11.35
16.4
0.0006
0.0415
Eutrophic
39.28
47.3
40.7
51.5
37.21
36.67
41.3
Overweight
15.4
13.85
12.9
20.0
15.8
15.24
16.5
Obesity
32.19
21.2
22.4
20.3
35.04
36.73
22.2
Poor QoL: physical domain
45.72
36.59
40.4
34.0
48.1
50.1
32.2
0.0041
0.0013
Poor QoL: mental domain
48.94
43.79
43.8
43.7
50.28
51.63
39.6
0.114
0.0327
Insurance information
Uninsured
43.73
45.71
45.7
45.7
58.98
58.03
66.3
0.0009
0.1283
Insured
56.27
54.29
54.3
54.2
41.02
41.97
33.7
Had a medical consultation in the last year
87.81
83.1
86.1
81.0
89.02
91.16
72.5
0.024
<0.001
Hospitalized in the last year
10.93
7.48
8.9
6.4
11.82
12.1
9.6
0.0729
0.542
Results presented were weighted to be representative of the older population of São Paulo based on the 2010 Census of Brazil; acomparison of normotensive versus hypertensive; bcomparison of diagnosed versus undiagnosed hypertension; QoL = quality of life.
