Table 5.
Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among workers
| No. of hypertensives BP≥140/90 | No. of hypertensives BP≥160/95a | Among all hypertensives % | Treatment among those aware % | Control among those on treatment % | ||||
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| Study population | Location | Awareness % | Treatment % | Control % | ||||
| Bank workers (73) | Ibadan | 264 | 85 | 49.4 | ||||
| Civil servants (53) | Ibadan | 103 | 24.3 | |||||
| Civil servants (30) | Accra | 307 | 54.1 | 31.3 | 12.7 | 82.8 | 40.6 | |
| Civil servants (56) | Lome | 112 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 100 | |
| Civil servants (51) | Benin City | 121 | 8.3 | |||||
| Civil servants, factory and plantation workers (50) | Calabar | 419 | 19.6 | |||||
| Factory and hotel workers (45) | Dakar | 152 | 64.9 | 24.5 | 12.6 | 37.8 | 51.4 | |
| Health workers (62) | Jos City | 124 | 66.1 | 43.5 | 65.9 | |||
| Health workers (64) | Abidjan | 144 | 84.0 | 79.2 | 94.2 | |||
| Information technology workers (31) | Dakar | 97 | 68.0 | |||||
| Market workers (40) | Enugu | 290 | 29.3 | |||||
| Medical school lecturers (59) | Port Harcourt | 16 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mill operators (72) | Ibadan | 23 | 73.9 | |||||
| Policemen and male civil servants (52) | Benin City | 95 | 9.7 | |||||
| Rubber plantation workers (43) | Rural | 448 | 0 | |||||
| Telecommunication workers (69) | Not stated | 537 | 14.9 | |||||
| Traditional chiefs (77) | Rivers State | 73 | 54.8 | 50.7 | 80.4 | |||
| University staff (60) | Accra | 48 | 43.8 | 43.8 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0 | |
a
% hypertensives aware of their status or on treatment is based on BP 160/95 mmHg cut-off.