Table 3.

Relative-risk ratios of taking antihypertensive treatment and having blood pressure control at follow-up.

	N	Aware but untreated vs Treated and controlled				Treated but uncontrolled vs Treated and controlled
	N	Unadjusted RRR	95% CI	Adjust ed RRR^**	95% CI	Unadjusted RRR	95% CI	Adjust ed RRR^**	95% CI
Groups at baseline
Treated and controlled	183	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Treated but uncontrolled	115	0.95	(0.46 – 1.98)	2.17	(0.85 – 5.50)	4.28	(2.49 – 7.35) ^*	0.95	(0.43 – 2.08)
Aware but untreated	215	17.39	(10.11 – 29.91) ^*	16.03	(8.83 – 29.10) ^*	0.91	(0.41 – 2.04)	0.50	(0.20 – 1.25)
Unaware	204	65.18	(29.26 – 145.17) ^*	81.78	(30.74 – 217.54) ^*	4.64	(1.81 – 11.89) ^*	0.65	(0.20 – 2.12)
Systolic blood pressure (5 mmHg)	717	1.04	(1.00 – 1.09)	0.92	(0.85 – 1.00)	1.25	(1.18 – 1.33) ^*	1.27	(1.16 – 1.39) ^*
Site
Lima	261	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Urban Puno	84	1.92	(1.04 – 3.56) ^*	2.13	(0.97 – 4.70)	0.73	(0.26 – 2.02)	0.88	(0.28 – 2.72)
Rural Puno	69	32.28	(4.39 – 237.24) ^*	16.51	(1.90 – 143.56) ^*	5.84	(0.59 – 58.08)	6.54	(0.61 – 70.41)
Tumbes	303	0.72	(0.49 – 1.06)	0.93	(0.55 – 1.58)	1.71	(1.05 – 2.80) ^*	1.64	(0.95 – 2.83)
Sex
Female	383	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Male	334	3.51	(2.39 – 5.14) ^*	2.59	(1.54 – 4.36) ^*	2.07	(1.28 – 3.35) ^*	1.75	(1.02 – 2.98) ^*
Age (5 years)	717	0.85	(0.79 – 0.92) ^*	0.81	(0.73 – 0.91) ^*	1.12	(1.02 – 1.23) ^*	0.97	(0.86 – 1.09)
Serum cholesterol
Unhealthy	416	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
Healthy	301	1.84	(1.28 – 2.65) ^*	1.64	(0.99 – 2.71)	0.89	(0.55 – 1.44)	0.69	(0.40 – 1.19)
Family history of a chronic disease
No family history	278	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
At least one relative with any disease	439	0.31	(0.21 – 0.47) ^*	0.53	(0.31 – 0.92) ^*	0.61	(0.37 – 1.01)	0.58	(0.32 – 1.05)

p-value < 0.05

^**

Model adjusted for all other factors simultaneously.