Table 5.
Sex differences in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control rates of DM by blood pressure level.
| Category | Total | Men | Women | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PREVALENCE RATE, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 88 (7.5) | 34 (7.7) | 54 (7.4) | 0.832 |
| Stage I | 198 (15.7) | 89 (16.3) | 109 (15.2) | 0.571 |
| Stage II | 164 (19.7) | 62 (17.1) | 102 (21.7) | 0.097 |
| Stage III | 49 (18.6) | 20 (16.1) | 29 (20.9) | 0.325 |
| AWARENESS RATE, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 52 (59.1) | 15 (44.1) | 37 (68.5) | 0.023 |
| Stage I | 95 (48.0) | 36 (40.4) | 59 (54.1) | 0.055 |
| Stage II | 83 (50.6) | 28 (45.2) | 55 (53.9) | 0.277 |
| Stage III | 25 (51.0) | 11 (55.0) | 14 (48.3) | 0.644 |
| TREATMENT RATE, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 40 (45.5) | 12 (35.3) | 28 (51.9) | 0.129 |
| Stage I | 71 (35.9) | 27 (30.3) | 44 (40.4) | 0.143 |
| Stage II | 59 (36.0) | 22 (35.5) | 37 (36.3) | 0.919 |
| Stage III | 19 (38.8) | 8 (40.0) | 11 (37.9) | 0.884 |
| CONTROL RATE, n (%) | ||||
| Normal | 8 (20.0) | 1 (8.3) | 7 (25.0) | 0.396 |
| Stage I | 10 (14.1) | 6 (22.2) | 4 (9.1) | 0.164 |
| Stage II | 8 (13.6) | 6 (27.3) | 2 (5.4) | 0.043 |
| Stage III | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |