Table 1.
Self-reported participant characteristics
|
All participants (n = 1556) |
Can you tell your BP levels? | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 645) |
No (n = 911) |
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| Mean age, years (sd) | 66.5 (12.1) | 65.7 (12.5) | 67.2 (11.7) | 0.014 |
| Female sex, n (%) | 1153 (74.4) | 481 (74.7) | 672 (74.3) | 0.847 |
| Mean body mass index, Kg/m2 (sd) | 27.0 (5.5) | 27.1 (5.4) | 27.0 (5.8) | 0.749 |
| Low socio-economic strataab, n (%) | 791 (64.0) | 315 (57.2) | 476 (69.5) | < 0.001 |
| Up to 5 years of schoolb, n (%) | 780 (63.1) | 318 (57.0) | 462 (68.1) | < 0.001 |
| Receiving care at public institutions, n (%) | 1219 (78.3) | 557 (86.4) | 662 (72.7) | < 0.001 |
| History of, n (%) | ||||
| Dyslipidemia | 441 (28.3) | 172 (26.7) | 269 (29.5) | 0.217 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 284 (18.3) | 125 (19.4) | 159 (17.5) | 0.332 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 189 (12.2) | 80 (12.4) | 109 (12.0) | 0.794 |
| Acute coronary syndrome | 125 (8.0) | 48 (7.4) | 77 (8.5) | 0.470 |
| COPD | 106 (6.8) | 37 (5.7) | 69 (7.6) | 0.156 |
| Stroke | 44 (2.8) | 21 (3.3) | 23 (2.5) | 0.391 |
| Access to, n (%) | ||||
| Cell phone | 1503 (96.6) | 637 (98.8) | 866 (95.1) | < 0.001 |
| WhatsApp messages | 991 (63.7) | 434 (67.3) | 557 (61.1) | 0.013 |
| 667 (42.9) | 258 (40.0) | 409 (44.9) | 0.055 | |
| Internet at home | 323 (20.1) | 174 (27.0) | 149 (16.4) | < 0.001 |
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
a320 participants with missing data for education level and socioeconomic strata (variables introduced later in the questionnaire)
bLevels 1–2 out of six established by the city for billing public utilities