Table 2.

Baseline characteristics associated with antihypertensive treatment and blood pressure control at follow-up.

Socio-demographic factors	N	Aware, not treated		Treated and uncontrolled		Treated and controlled
Socio-demographic factors	N	n=408	%	n=127	%	n=182	%	p-value
Age (years) ^*	717	58.9	±12.4.	66.7	±12.2	63.6	±10.8	<0.001
Sex								<0.001
Female	383	178	46%	72	19%	133	35%
Male	334	230	69%	55	16%	49	15%
Site								<0.001
Lima	261	149	57%	38	15%	74	28%
Urban Puno	84	62	74%	6	7%	16	19%
Rural Puno	69	65	94%	3	4%	1	1%
Tumbes	303	132	44%	80	26%	91	30%
Socioeconomic status								0.643
Lowest	251	140	56%	47	19%	64	25%
Middle	217	130	60%	39	18%	48	22%
Highest	249	138	55%	41	16%	70	28%

Cardiometabolic factors
Blood Pressure
SBP, mm Hg^*	717	132.7	±21.7	150.5	±22.4	129.3	±18.4	<0.001
DBP, mm Hg^*	717	81.8	±13.7	85.4	±11.8	77.3	±12.8	<0.001
Body mass index								0.084
Healthy	147	93	63%	27	18%	27	18%
Excess of weight	570	315	55%	100	18%	155	27%
Total serum cholesterol								<0.001
Healthy	301	199	66%	40	13%	62	21%
Unhealthy	416	209	50%	87	21%	120	29%
Fasting plasma glucose								0.001
Healthy	442	272	62%	61	14%	109	25%
Unhealthy	275	136	49%	66	24%	73	27%

Behavioral factors
Alcohol (AUDIT score), %								<0.001
Not-hazardous drinking	640	346	54%	117	18%	177	28%
Hazardous drinking	77	62	81%	10	13%	5	6%
Smoking status, %								0.011
Never/former	635	351	55%	112	18%	172	27%
Current smoker	82	57	70%	15	18%	10	12%
Fruit and vegetables consumptions, %								0.209
Healthy	47	31	66%	4	9%	12	26%
Unhealthy	670	377	56%	123	18%	170	25%
Leisure time physical activity, %								0.705
Active	32	20	63%	4	13%	8	25%
Inactive	685	388	57%	123	18%	174	25%

History of disease
Personal history of heart disease								<0.001
No previous history	640	379	59%	112	18%	149	23%
Heart disease diagnosed by physician	77	29	38%	15	19%	33	43%
Personal history of stroke								<0.001
No previous history	708	408	58%	125	18%	175	25%
Stroke diagnosed by physician	9	0	0%	2	22%	7	78%
Family history of cardiometabolic disease^**								<0.001
No previous history	313	220	70%	44	14%	49	16%
At least one cardiometabolic disease	404	188	47%	83	21%	133	33%
Family history of disease^***								<0.001
No family history	278	196	71%	41	15%	41	15%
At least one relative with any disease	439	212	48%	86	20%	141	32%

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.