Table 2. Knowledge and Treatment Patterns for Hypertension among 9275 Adults in the Non-Communicable Disease Risk-Factor Survey of Bangladesh, 2010 n (%).
| Overall (n = 9275) | Male (n = 4312) | Female (n = 4963) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age Groups (years) | Age Groups (years) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | P a | Total | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65+ | P a | ||
| Ever Measured Blood Pressure by Health Care Worker | 6225 (67.1) | 2395 (55.6) | 506 (43.2) | 628 (58.4) | 563 (57.9) | 377 (64.4) | 321 (63.2) | <0.001 | 3830 (77.2) | 1476 (74.1) | 1139 (78.3) | 706 (80.6) | 348 (80.9) | 161 (76.7) | <0.001 |
| Previously Diagnosed with High Blood Pressure or Hypertension by Health Care Workerb | 1156 (18.6) | 468 (19.5) | 52 (10.3) | 86 (13.7) | 129 (22.9) | 106 (28.1) | 95 (29.6) | <0.001 | 688 (18.0) | 136 (9.2) | 201 (17.7) | 191 (27.1) | 112 (32.2) | 48 (29.8) | <0.001 |
| Previously Diagnosed with High Blood Pressure or Hypertension in the Past Twelve Monthsc | 490 (42.3) | 227 (48.5) | 33 (63.5) | 46 (53.5) | 58 (44.9) | 47 (44.3) | 43 (45.3) | 0.121 | 263 (38.2) | 63 (46.3) | 79 (39.3) | 59 (30.9) | 41 (36.6) | 21 (43.8) | 0.062 |
| Currently taking Medications Prescribed for High Blood Pressure/Hypertensionc,d | 605 (52.3) | 271 (57.9) | 17 (32.7) | 35 (40.7) | 81 (62.8) | 73 (68.9) | 65 (68.4) | <0.001 | 334 (48.6) | 40 (29.4) | 73 (36.3) | 116 (60.7) | 72 (64.3) | 33 (68.8) | <0.001 |
| Advised to reduce salt intakec | 780 (67.5) | 318 (68.0) | 27 (51.9) | 57 (66.3) | 90 (69.8) | 78 (73.6) | 66 (69.5) | 0.088 | 462 (67.2) | 81 (59.6) | 134 (66.7) | 141 (73.8) | 75 (67.0) | 31 (64.6) | 0.108 |
| Advised or received treatment to lose weightc | 483 (41.8) | 213 (45.5) | 18 (34.6) | 36 (41.9) | 62 (48.1) | 60 (56.6) | 37 (39.0) | 0.037 | 270 (39.2) | 46 (33.8) | 84 (41.8) | 85 (44.5) | 45 (40.2) | 10 (20.8) | 0.023 |
| Advised or received treatment to stop smokingc | 422 (36.5) | 308 (65.8) | 28 (53.9) | 55 (64.0) | 88 (68.2) | 73 (68.9) | 64 (67.4) | 0.365 | 114 (16.6) | 11 (8.1) | 35 (17.4) | 32 (16.8) | 25 (22.3) | 11 (22.9) | 0.024 |
| Advised to do more exercisec | 648 (56.1) | 313 (66.9) | 28 (53.9) | 57 (66.3) | 86 (66.7) | 77 (72.6) | 65 (68.4) | 0.223 | 335 (48.7) | 52 (38.2) | 99 (49.3) | 108 (56.5) | 56 (50.0) | 20 (41.7) | 0.02 |
| Diagnosed with Hypertension at Study Measurement | 1861 (20.1) | 876 (20.3) | 90 (7.8) | 158 (14.7) | 225 (23.2) | 197 (33.7) | 206 (40.5) | <0.001 | 985 (19.9) | 154 (7.7) | 279 (19.2) | 269 (30.7) | 177 (41.2) | 106 (50.5) | <0.001 |
a
Pearson Chi-Square P-value for the trend
b
Denominator includes those who have ever had their blood pressure measured
c
Sample limited to those who reported to have previously diagnosed with high blood pressure or hypertension ( Males = 468 & Females = 688)
d
Defined as having taken medication in the past two weeks