Table 1.
Sample characteristics and prevalence of blood pressure control advice among adults with high blood pressure who visited a doctor in the past 24 months by smoker status: the 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n=51,063)
| Current Smokers n=8,344* |
Former Smokers n=17,942* |
Never Smokers n= 24,777* |
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| Sample Characteristics | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Age in years | ||||||
| 18–39 | 750 | 9.0 | 426 | 2.4 | 1,685 | 6.8 |
| 40–54 | 2,740 | 32.8 | 2,596 | 14.5 | 5,311 | 21.4 |
| 55 yrs or older | 4,857 | 58.2 | 14,920 | 83.2 | 17,781 | 71.8 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 3,392 | 40.4 | 8,686 | 48.1 | 6,842 | 27.4 |
| Female | 5,001 | 59.6 | 9,359 | 51.9 | 18,134 | 72.6 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic, White | 6,250 | 75.1 | 14,862 | 83.2 | 18,027 | 73.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 1,444 | 17.3 | 2,000 | 11.2 | 4,960 | 20.1 |
| Hispanic | 222 | 2.7 | 413 | 2.3 | 822 | 3.3 |
| Non-Hispanic, Other race | 284 | 3.4 | 381 | 2.1 | 603 | 2.4 |
| Non-Hispanic, Multiracial | 124 | 1.5 | 216 | 1.2 | 260 | 1.1 |
| Education | ||||||
| Did not graduate High School | 1,771 | 21.2 | 2,706 | 15.0 | 3,645 | 14.6 |
| Graduated High School | 3,158 | 37.7 | 5,974 | 33.2 | 8,677 | 34.8 |
| Attended College or Technical School | 2,218 | 26.5 | 4,726 | 26.3 | 5,889 | 23.6 |
| Graduated from College or Technical School | 1,224 | 14.6 | 4,591 | 25.5 | 6,702 | 26.9 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 3,496 | 41.8 | 9,963 | 55.3 | 12,610 | 50.6 |
| Divorced, widowed, separated | 3,899 | 46.6 | 6,995 | 38.8 | 10,008 | 40.2 |
| Others | 963 | 11.5 | 1,052 | 5.8 | 2,292 | 9.2 |
| Have any health care coverage | ||||||
| Yes | 7,108 | 84.8 | 17,060 | 94.7 | 23,117 | 92.7 |
| No | 1,276 | 15.2 | 960 | 5.3 | 1,809 | 7.3 |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | ||||||
| Neither overweight nor obese | 2,486 | 30.5 | 3,746 | 21.5 | 5,340 | 22.5 |
| Overweight | 2,905 | 35.6 | 6,811 | 39.2 | 8,509 | 35.9 |
| Obese | 2,773 | 34.0 | 6,835 | 39.3 | 9,870 | 41.6 |
| Heavy Alcohol Consumption | ||||||
| Yes | 652 | 8.0 | 761 | 4.3 | 486 | 2.0 |
| No | 7,520 | 92.0 | 16,898 | 95.7 | 24,128 | 98.0 |
| Self-Reported General Health Status | ||||||
| Excellent to Good | 4,634 | 55.5 | 11,682 | 65.1 | 17,320 | 69.8 |
| Fair to Poor | 3,717 | 44.5 | 6,290 | 34.9 | 7,508 | 30.2 |
| Attempted Smoking Cessation in past 12 months | ||||||
| Yes | 4,735 | 56.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| No | 3,642 | 43.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hypertension Control Advice Receipt on: | ||||||
| Change eating habits | 5,072 | 60.8 | 10,750 | 60.0 | 15,415 | 62.2 |
| Cut down on salt intake | 5,422 | 68.2 | 11,703 | 68.7 | 16,516 | 70.2 |
| Reduce alcohol consumption | 2,429 | 46.1 | 3,927 | 36.0 | 4,421 | 36.1 |
| Exercise | 5,770 | 69.3 | 13,027 | 73.9 | 18,497 | 74.8 |
| Take hypertension medication | 7,518 | 89.9 | 16,955 | 94.3 | 23,140 | 93.0 |
*
Differences in sub-total population sample due to item non-response or missing.