Table 1.
Characteristics of adult participants aware of their hypertension according to HBPM device possession
| Aware of hypertension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total N = 385 |
HBPM N = 221 |
No HBPM N = 164 |
P value | |
| Age | 60.0 (9.1) | 61.4 (8.0) | 58.4 (9.9) | <.0001 |
| SBP | 145 (19) | 144 (19) | 145 (18) | .621 |
| DBP | 85 (11) | 84 (10) | 87 (11) | .008 |
| Controlled hypertension a | 48.0% | 48.1% | 47.9% | .975 |
| Gender (female) | 47.4% | 55.5% | 37.9% | .0005 |
| BMI | 29.0 (6.1) | 28.5 (5.4) | 29.6 (6.8) | .094 |
| BMI class | ||||
| Normal | 25.3% | 24.8% | 25.9% | .489 |
| Overweight | 39.4% | 42.0% | 36.3% | |
| Obese | 35.3% | 33.2% | 37.8% | |
| Diabetes | 20.3% | 14.6% | 27.1% | .003 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 36.8% | 40.2% | 32.6% | .137 |
| CKD | 4.5% | 5.8% | 3.0% | .192 |
| Previous CV events | 10.7% | 13.7% | 7.1% | .036 |
| Income | ||||
| Low | 31.2% | 31.6% | 30.8% | .181 |
| Moderate | 37.9% | 33.0% | 41.4% | |
| High | 31.8% | 35.4% | 27.8% | |
| Education | ||||
| Low | 21.4% | 26.5% | 15.6% | .064 |
| Moderate | 59.8% | 56.3% | 63.7% | |
| High | 18.8% | 17.1% | 20.7% | |
| DASH score | ||||
| Low | 25.1% | 22.6% | 28.0% | .034 |
| Moderate | 46.0% | 42.8% | 49.7% | |
| High | 28.9% | 34.6% | 22.3% | |
| Physical activity | ||||
| Low | 37.9% | 37.5% | 38.5% | .301 |
| Moderate | 56.0% | 58.2% | 53.5% | |
| High | 6.1% | 4.4% | 8.0% | |
| Living in a couple | 73.8% | 79.5% | 67.0% | .005 |
| Treatment for hypertension (yes) | 65.2% | 71.7% | 57.7% | .004 |
| Number of antihypertensive drugs | ||||
| 0 | 34.8% | 28.3% | 42.3% | .010 |
| 1 | 37.4% | 40.9% | 33.3% | |
| 2 or more | 27.8% | 30.8% | 24.4% | |
| Adherence a | 40.8% | 41.0% | 40.5% | .942 |
| Tobacco | ||||
| Current | 13.0% | 15.2% | 10.4% | .010 |
| No | 87.0% | 84.8% | 89.6% | |
| GP visit | 93.7% | 97.4% | 89.4% | .001 |
| Cardiologist visit | 14.1% | 12.7% | 15.7% | .399 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CV, cardiovascular; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; GP, general practitioner; HBPM, home blood pressure monitoring; SBP, systolic blood pressure.
a
Only estimated in treated patients.