Table 1.

Characteristics of population with hypertension at baseline.

Socio-demographic factors	Unaware		Aware, not treated		Treated and uncontrolled		Treated and controlled
Socio-demographic factors	n=204	%	n=215	%	n=115	%	n=183	%	p-value
Age (years) ^*	62.4	±12.9	56.7	±11.6	67.9	±10.2	62.0	±11.8	<0.001
Sex									<0.001
Female	61	30%	125	58%	73	63%	124	68%
Male	143	70%	90	42%	42	37%	59	32%
Site									<0.001
Lima	64	31%	96	45%	39	34%	62	34%
Urban Puno	14	7%	46	21%	6	5%	18	10%
Rural Puno	43	21%	18	8%	2	2%	6	3%
Tumbes	83	41%	55	26%	68	59%	97	53%
Socioeconomic status									0.757
Lowest	80	39%	68	32%	41	36%	62	34%
Middle	60	29%	70	33%	34	30%	53	29%
Highest	64	31%	77	36%	40	35%	68	37%

Cardiometabolic factors
Blood Pressure
SBP, mm Hg^*	148.9	±16.5	121.9	±19.3	156.9	±15.9	121.1	±11.6	<0.001
DBP, mm Hg^*	90.1	±12.0	75.9	±12.8	88.7	±10.3	73.1	±8.2	<0.001
Body mass index									0.002
Healthy	60	29%	34	16%	22	19%	31	17%
Excess of weight	144	71%	181	84%	93	81%	152	83%
Total serum cholesterol									0.014
Healthy	102	50%	92	43%	38	33%	69	38%
Unhealthy	102	50%	123	57%	77	67%	114	62%
Fasting plasma glucose									0.001
Healthy	131	64%	151	70%	57	50%	103	56%
Unhealthy	73	36%	64	30%	58	50%	80	44%

Behavioral factors
Alcohol (AUDIT score), %									<0.001
Not-hazardous drinking	166	81%	190	88%	110	96%	174	95%
Hazardous drinking	38	19%	25	12%	5	4%	9	5%
Smoking status, %									0.057
Never/former smoker	172	84%	189	88%	104	90%	170	93%
Current smoker	32	16%	26	12%	11	10%	13	7%
Fruit and vegetables consumption, %									0.003
Healthy	5	2%	24	11%	5	4%	13	7%
Unhealthy	199	98%	191	89%	110	96%	170	93%
Leisure time physical activity, %									0.384
Active	9	4%	10	5%	2	2%	11	6%
Inactive	195	96%	205	95%	113	98%	172	94%

History of disease
Personal history of heart disease									<0.001
No previous history	197	97%	194	90%	10	9%	147	80%
Heart disease diagnosed by physician	7	3%	21	10%	13	11%	36	20%
Personal history of stroke									0.019
No previous history	204	100%	214	100%	113	98%	177	97%
Stroke diagnosed by physician	0	0%	1	0%	2	2%	6	3%
Family history of cardiometabolic disease^**									<0.001
No previous history	125	61%	99	46%	33	29%	56	31%
At least one cardiometabolic disease	79	39%	116	54%	82	71%	127	69%
Family history of a chronic disease^***									<0.001
No family history	116	57%	82	38%	30	26%	50	27%
At least one relative with any disease	88	43%	133	62%	85	74%	3	73%

Mean ± Standard deviation

^**

Include: hypertension, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes and stroke.

^***

Include: cardiometabolic diseases, tuberculosis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or lung cancer.

SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, BMI: body mass index.