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. 2011 Jun 16;4:213–223. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S20649

Table 2.

Proportion of participants in the screening program with selected cardiovascular risk factors, according to sex and age

Sex
Age
Total
Men
Women
<55
≥55
N %
N % N % N % N %
Total number of participants 1367 2735 2157 1871 4222
Hypertension
  Treated for hypertension 188 14.3 333 12.7 90 4.4 423 23.3 521 13.2
  Untreated and BP ≥ 140/90 466 35.4 569 21.7 436 21.2 589 32.5 1035 26.1
  Untreated and BP ≥ 160/100 121 9.2 145 5.5 99 4.8 164 9.0 263 6.6
  % untreated among all with HBPa 71.3 63.1 82.9 58.2 66.5
EC
  Treated for cholesterol (TC) 119 9.1 177 6.8 57 2.8 235 13.1 292 7.4
  Untreated and TC ≥ 5.2 453 34.7 939 36.1 619 30.3 748 41.7 1399 35.6
  Untreated and TC ≥ 6.2 138 10.6 325 12.5 180 8.8 271 15.1 451 11.5
  % untreated among all with ECb 79.2 84.1 91.6 76.1 82.7
Overweight (kg/m2)
  Body mass index ≥ 25 774 59.2 948 36.4 837 40.7 866 48.4 1703 44.3
  Body mass index ≥ 30 177 13.5 247 9.5 208 10.1 210 11.7 418 10.9
  Cigarette smoking (yes/no) 221 16.6 429 16.0 405 19.2 233 12.7 638 16.2
One or more of following risk factors (treated and untreated)
  HBP, EC 885 69.1 1505 58.8 951 47.4 1405 79.7 2397 62.2
  HBP, EC, smoking 936 74.2 1672 66.2 1139 57.5 1429 82.1 2616 68.8
  HBP, EC, smoking, BMI ≥ 25 1044 85.8 1814 74.6 1347 70.9 1468 87.2 2866 78.3

Note:

a

BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg or treatment for hypertension;

b

TC ≥ 5.2 mmol/L or cholesterol lowering treatment. Percentages with different conditions are calculated based on subsamples with no missing data.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; EC, elevated cholesterol; HBP, high blood pressure.