Research Article

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

Table 4

Factors associated with diagnosed and undiagnosed hypertension in older people living in São Paulo in 2010.

Undiagnosed (n = 111596)Diagnosed (n = 862764)
ORa95% CIORa95% CI

Age
 60–6911
 70–791.12(0.60–2.12)0.7062.02(1.34–3.05)0.001
 ≥801.07(0.53–2.17)0.8302.73(1.72–4.31)<0.001
Years of schooling
 0–311
 4–70.78(0.43–1.39)0.4050.95(0.63–1.41)0.804
 ≥80.46(0.22–0.94)0.0350.75(0.47–1.20)0.237
Skin color
 White11
 Nonwhite1.89(1.11–3.19)0.0171.48(1.01–2.18)0.042
Insurance information
Uninsured11
Insured1.77(1.04–3.03)0.0351.70(1.18–2.47)0.005
Medical consultation in the last year
 No11
 Yes0.56(0.30–1.05)0.0751.86(1.06–3.25)0.029
Nutritional status
Underweight11
 Eutrophic0.97(0.48–1.95)0.9400.76(0.47–1.24)0.281
Overweight2.38(1.09–5.19)0.0291.43(0.82–2.51)0.202
 Obesity1.40(0.72–2.72)0.3172.50(1.61–3.88)<0.001
NCDs
 None11
 ≥10.28(0.13–0.58)0.0012.81(1.94–4.08)<0.001

Reference category: nonhypertensive. Results presented were weighted to be representative of the older population of São Paulo based on the 2010 Census of Brazil; amodel adjusted by sex; NCDs: noncommunicable diseases.