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

Table 3

Life and health characteristics of diagnosed hypertensive older people living in São Paulo in 2010.

	Total (n = 862764)	Controlled (n = 421197)	Uncontrolled (n = 441567)
	%	%	%
Sex
Men	37.55	34.3	40.6	0.086
Women	62.45	65.6	59.3
Age
60–69	50.89	50.2	51.4	0.4906
70–79	31.97	33.6	30.3
≥80	17.15	16,0	18.1
Marital status
With partner	55.08	57.8	52.4	0.0481
Single	11.3	12.7	9.9
Widow/widower	33.62	29.3	37.6
Skin color
White	56.92	57.14	56.7	0.9038
Nonwhite	43.08	42.86	43.3
Years of schooling
0–3	38.17	35.9	40.3	0.4647
4–7	37.96	39,0	36.8
≥8	23.87	25.1	22.6
Self-rated health
Good	43.62	43.4	43.8	0.9074
Bad	56.38	56.6	56.1
Cognitive impairment	11.17	8.6	13.5	0.0155
Depressive symptoms	21.5	20.9	22,0	0.7022
Caregiver	23.17	20.5	25.6	0.0753
Diabetes	32.55	28.8	36.0	0.0381
Coronary disease	29.49	32.2	26.8	0.1045
Cerebrovascular disease	9.21	7.3	10.9	0.0706
Metabolic syndrome	56.45	46.3	66.0	<0.001
Nutritional status
Underweight	11.35	12.1	10.6	0.6573
Eutrophic	36.67	35.2	38.1
Overweight	15.24	13.9	15.4
Obesity	36.73	37.2	32.1
Poor QoL: physical domain	49.9	49.2	50.9	0.6481
Poor QoL: mental domain	48.37	55.2	48.1	0.0608
Insurance information
Uninsured	58.03	53.7	62.1	0.0208
Insured	41.97	46.2	37.8
Had a medical consultation in the last year	91.16	93.7	88.6	0.0174
Hospitalized in the last year	11.82	11.5	12.6	0.6539
Use of specific healthcare services for hypertension care	26.29	22.82	29.45	0.0416
Hospitalizations due to hypertension	13.29	13.8	12.7	0.6833
Type of treatment
Only pharmacological	54.8	57.25	52.18	0.4193
Only nonpharmacological	2.06	2.37	1.72
Both	43.15	40.38	46.11

Results presented were weighted to be representative of the older population of São Paulo based on the 2010 Census of Brazil; QoL = quality of life.