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. 2019 Sep 4;20:348. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1532-6

Table 1.

BP control status at 140/90 mmHg and 130/80 mmHg according to patient characteristics

Characteristics Controlled BP < 140/90a P-Valueb Controlled BP < 130/80a P-Valueb Overallc
Overall Yes (n = 1080) No (n = 670) Yes (n = 635) No (n = 1115) N = 1750
Age group 0.402 0.891
  ≥ 18 to < 45 53 (57.6) 39 (42.4) 33 (35.9) 59 (64.1) 92 (5.3)
  ≥ 45 to < 65 253 (64.2) 141 (35.8) 147 (37.3) 247 (62.7) 394 (22.5)
  ≥ 65 774 (61.2) 490 (38.8) 455 (36.0) 809 (64.0) 1264 (72.2)
Sex 0.633 0.399
 Male 572 (62.2) 347 (37.8) 325 (35.4) 594 (64.6) 919 (52.5)
 Female 508 (61.1) 323 (38.9) 310 (37.3) 521 (62.7) 831 (47.5)
Indigenous (n = 1368) 0.132 0.137
 Yes 25 (50.0) 25 (50.0) 13 (26.0) 37 (74.0) 50 (3.7)
 No 799 (60.6) 519 (39.4) 478 (36.3) 840 (63.7) 1318 (96.4)
Smoking (n = 1599) 0.149 0.365
 Yes 88 (66.7) 44 (33.3) 52 (39.4) 80 (60.6) 132 (8.3)
 No 884 (60.3) 583 (39.7) 520 (35.4) 947 (64.6) 1467 (91.7)
Diabetes 0.273 0.389
 Yes 590 (62.9) 348 (37.1) 349 (37.2) 589 (62.8) 938 (53.6)
 No 490 (60.3) 322 (39.7) 286 (35.2) 526 (64.8) 812 (46.4)
CVD 0.001 0.001
 Yes 647 (65.8) 337 (34.2) 399 (40.5) 585 (59.5) 984 (56.2)
 No 433 (56.5) 333 (43.5) 236 (30.8) 530 (69.2) 766 (43.8)
Obesity (n = 1729) 0.824 0.927
 Yes 546 (62.3) 331 (37.7) 322 (36.7) 555 (63.3) 877 (50.7)
 No 526 (61.7) 326 (38.3) 311 (36.5) 541 (63.5) 852 (49.3)
eGFR 0.013 0.067
  ≥ 45 to < 60 240 (66.5) 121 (33.5) 152 (42.1) 209 (57.9) 361 (20.6)
  ≥ 30 to < 45 448 (62.2) 272 (37.8) 255 (35.4) 465 (64.6) 720 (41.1)
  ≥15 to < 30 333 (60.4) 218 (39.6) 190 (34.5) 361 (65.5) 551 (31.5)
  < 15 59 (50.0) 59 (50.0) 38 (32.2) 80 (67.8) 118 (6.7)
ACR/PCR (n = 1719) 0.001 0.001
 Normal 337 (70.5) 141 (29.5) 209 (43.7) 269 (56.3) 478 (27.8)
 Mild 347 (63.2) 202 (36.8) 206 (37.5) 343 (62.5) 549 (31.9)
 Severe 379 (54.8) 313 (45.2) 208 (30.1) 484 (69.9) 692 (40.3)
# drug classes 0.008 0.105
 0 36 (47.4) 40 (52.6) 23 (30.3) 53 (69.7) 76 (4.3)
 1 270 (67.7) 129 (32.3) 150 (37.6) 249 (62.4) 399 (22.8)
 2 311 (61.8) 192 (38.2) 176 (35.0) 327 (65.0) 503 (28.7)
 3 288 (60.8) 186 (39.2) 191 (40.3) 283 (59.7) 474 (27.1)
  ≥ 4 175 (58.7) 123 (41.3) 95 (31.9) 203 (68.1) 298 (17.0)
Drug classes
 RAAS inhibitors 763 (63.1) 446 (36.9) 0.073 456 (37.7) 753 (62.3) 0.063 1209 (69.1)
 -- ACE inhibitorsd 450 (62.8) 267 (37.2) 0.453 278 (38.8) 439 (61.2) 0.071 717 (41.0)
 -- ARBsd 360 (62.6) 215 (37.4) 0.590 204 (35.5) 371 (64.5) 0.623 575 (32.9)
 Beta-blockers 538 (64.0) 303 (36.0) 0.062 334 (39.7) 507 (60.3) 0.004 841 (48.1)
 CCB 477 (57.3) 355 (42.7) 0.001 258 (31.0) 574 (69.0) 0.001 832 (47.5)
 Diuretics 503 (63.0) 295 (37.0) 0.299 308 (38.6) 490 (61.4) 0.066 798 (45.6)
 Other classes 168 (50.9) 162 (49.1) 0.001 96 (29.1) 234 (70.9) 0.003 330 (18.9)

aRow percentage presented

bChi-square tests on relationships between BP control and each of the variables of interest

cColumn percentage presented

dSub-class of RASS inhibitors

Significant values (p<0.05) were in bold entries