Table 2.

Demonstrating hypertension characteristics, by gender.

Hypertension characteristics	Male (%) [n = 1998]	Female (%) [n = 1949]	Total (%) [n = 3947]
Normotensive	1298 (64.96)	1460 (74.91)	2758 (69.88)
Hypertensive (global hypertension)	700 (35.04)	489 (25.09)	1189 (30.12)
Unaware (newly hypertensive)	201 (10.06)	113 (5.80)	314 (7.96)
Aware (known hypertensive)	499 (24.97)	376 (19.29)	875 (22.17)
Untreated	81 (4.05)	45 (2.31)	126 (3.19)
Treated	418 (20.92)	331 (16.98)	749 (18.98)
Uncontrolled	32 (1.60)	15 (0.77)	47 (1.19)
Controlled	386 (19.32)	316 (16.21)	702 (17.79)
Total with elevated blood pressure	668 (33.43)	474 (24.32)	1142 (28.93)