Table 2.
Characteristics of hypertensive populations included
| Characteristics | County-level and district areas
|
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushan | Taixing | Yuhu | Wuhou | ||
| Number of hypertensive patients managed | 48,628 | 113,662 | 45,360 | 47,198 | 254,848 |
| Age (years) | 64.9±10.7 | 66.9±12.0 | 67.6±10.4 | 64.3±11.5 | 66.1±11.4 |
| Male (%) | 39.2 | 46.2 | 43.7 | 46.0 | 44.4 |
| Baseline SBP (mmHg) | 155.5±20.3 | 139.0±17.2 | 132.8±17.4 | 127.9±9.0 | 139.0±19.0 |
| Baseline DBP (mmHg) | 92.7±11.3 | 85.0±10.2 | 81.2±10.0 | 76.1±6.8 | 84.2±11.2 |
| Controlled hypertension (%) | 12.5 | 39.2 | 65.4 | 91.1 | 48.4 |
| Stage 1 hypertension (%) | 33.0 | 40.9 | 22.7 | 7.2 | 29.9 |
| Stage 2 hypertension (%) | 34.3 | 15.6 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 15.4 |
| Stage 3 hypertension (%) | 20.2 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 6.3 |
| Antihypertensive medications (%)a | 66.4 | 48.5 | 74.3 | 14.3 | 50.2 |
| Previously diagnosed diabetes (%) | 9.1 | 11.2 | 8.9 | 28.5 | 13.6 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.7±3.3 | 23.8±3.2 | 23.7±3.1 | 23.3±2.7 | 24.1±3.2 |
| ≥4 follow-ups (%) | 77.3 | 68.6 | 78.4 | 80.4 | 74.2 |
Notes:
a
Any use of antihypertensive drugs observed at the first follow-up.
Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.