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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 May;23(2):903–921. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0045

Table 2.

Proportion of Participants with Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension, Diabetes and Hyperlipidemia, by County IHD and Stroke Mortality Tertiles (Medium Tertile Omitted for Clarity)a,b,c,d,e,f

Cardiovascular risk factors Outcomes N IHD
Stroke
Overall % Low mortality tertile (%) High mortality tertile (%) Overall (%) Low mortality tertile (%) High mortality tertile (%)
Hypertension (N=12,747) Awareness 11,460 89.9 88.8 89.8 89.9 89.5 90.2
Treatment 10,923 95.3 95.3 95.7 95.3 95.7 95.1
Control 6,366 58.3 57.7 58.2 58.3 58.6 57.6
Diabetes (N=4,887) Awareness 4,410 90.2 89.8 89.4 90.2 89.8 90.5
Treatment 3,577 81.1 79.8 83.3 81.1 80.1 82.0
Control 1,411 40.4 40.9 35.8 40.3 41.4 38.4
Hyperlipidemia (N=14,065) Awareness 10,422 74.1 73.9 75.2 74.2 73.8 73.5
Treatment 6,603 63.4 62.4 63.6 63.4 62.8 63.4
Control 5,119 77.5 79.2 76.1 77.6 77.8 77.2
a

Awareness; Knowledge of the participant about the cardiovascular disease risk factors.

b

Treatment; Whether the participant is receiving treatment for disease.

c

Control; An assessment of whether the cardiovascular disease risk factor is under control based on clinically defined cut-points.

d

Hypertension; Defined as having a blood pressure of 140/90 or greater (130/80 or greater if the participant also had diabetes or chronic kidney disease, defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR] <60 ml/min/1.73m), or report of being told by a doctor or nurse they had hypertension.

e

Diabetes = Defined as a fasting blood sugar >126 mg/dL, having been told by a doctor or nurse they had diabetes, or treatment with a diabetes medication.

f

Hyperlipidemia = Defined as cholesterol >130mg/dL, having been told by a doctor or nurse they had high cholesterol, or treatment with a cholesterol medication.

IHD = Ischemic Heart Disease