Table 3.

Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension among the study participants

Characteristics	Frequency	Proportion with 95% CI
Overall prevalence of hypertension (n=311)	114	36.7 (31.3-41.3)
Awareness of hypertension (n=311)
Newly diagnosed hypertension (unaware)	80	25.8 (20.9-30.9)
Known case (aware of hypertension status)	34	10.9 (7.7-14.9)
Control status of known hypertension cases (n=34)
Controlled	12	35.3 (19.7-53.5)
Uncontrolled	22	64.7 (47.7-79.2)
Grading of hypertension (n=277)
Prehypertension	114	41.1 (35.3-47.2)
Grade I hypertension	59	21.3 (16.8-24.2)
Grade II hypertension	18	6.5 (4.0-9.9)
Grade III hypertension	3	1.1 (0.3-2.9)