Prevalence of Hypertension in a Tribal Land Locked Population at High Altitude

Table 4

Awareness regarding blood pressure among study participants.

Question	Number (%)
	Male	Female	Total
When was your blood pressure last measured?
Within past 12 months	34 (8.5)	25 (6.2)	59 (14.7)
1–5 years	21 (5.2)	15 (3.7)	36 (9.0)
Not within past 5 years	215 (67.3)	91 (22.7)	306 (76.3)
Do you know that your blood pressure is raised or not?
Yes	9 (2.2)	8 (2.0)	17 (4.2)
No	256 (63.8)	116 (28.9)	372 (92.8)
Uncertain	5 (1.2)	7 (1.7)	12 (3.0)
Are you currently taking antihypertensive drugs?
Yes	7 (1.7)	4 (1.0)	11 (2.7)
No	263 (65.6)	127 (31.7)	390 (97.3)
Do you know that you have diabetes?
Yes	5 (1.2)	—	5 (1.2)
No	258 (64.3)	128 (31.9)	386 (96.3)
Uncertain	7 (1.7)	3 (0.7)	10 (2.5)